=COUNTA(B:B)
will count all the non-empty entries in column B
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200793


"Susan Mc" wrote:

This seems so simple but I've spent hours without resolution. In column A,
I need to count the number of rows that actually have data in them. If there
is no data, I need to keep column A blank. Here's an oversimplied example of
my simple list.

1 John Doe
2 Susan Smith
3 Joe Dear

In column A now I have =COUNTA($B$2:B64) and that works great until you
hit a row with no data.

I have tried all these:
=IF(G690,(=COUNTA($B$2:B69))," ")

Also =COUNTIF($B$2:B69,"0")

There's got to be an easy way that I'm missing!! HEEEELP please.

Thank you,
Susan