This formula counts the number of non-blank cells in A2:A5
=COUNTA(A2:A5)

Does that help?
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Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)

"christina" wrote in message
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I have A2 = adrienne, A3 = Joe how do I do the formuala to make their
names
= 2