I see why you did it now (I must admit to wondering about that), but I would
use ISNUMBER, then it simply becomes

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(B6:C9),IF(ABS(B6:C9)<100,1)))

the intent is nice and clear then.

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HTH

Bob

"Stefi" wrote in message
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Thanks Bob, now I see your point!

I think that we must use an array formula. I tried your normal formula
=SUMPRODUCT(--(B6:K300<""),--(ABS(B6:K300)<100))

but it returned #VALUE error because of not handling text cells.

Stefi

"Bob Phillips" ezt írta:

If you are going to use an array formula, you might as well use SUM as
SUMPRODUCT

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Bob

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"Stefi" wrote in message
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that replace my test range with B6:K300
Stefi


"Steven" ezt írta:

I have numbers in range B6:K300 and also some text. I want to count
the
number of occurances of cells with an absolute value of < 100.

Thank you,

Steven