This function will count non-blanks:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A20<""))
Note, Enter as Ctrl + Shift + Enter, not just Enter

This will count blanks:
=COUNTIF(A1:A20,"")
Normal Enter

This will count values 0:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A200))
Note, Enter as Ctrl + Shift + Enter, not just Enter

Just for fun...this will count zeros:
=COUNTIF(A1:A20,0)
Normal Enter




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"Claudia d'Amato" wrote:

Your solution is NOT working, if a cell contains a formula!

So if a cell contains e.g.=SUM(A5:A15) then is cell is non-blank and
counts as 1. But this is not intended.

If the formula evaluates to 0 then this cell should NOT count.
I need a solution which evaluates any possibly existing formulas at
first and then checks if the cell is non-blank/non-zero.

Any other solutions than COUNTA() for this task?

Claudia

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:35:59 -0700, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca
wrote:

COUNTA will count all non-blank cells............text or numeric.

COUNT will count all numeric cells.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On 28 Jul 2009 21:30:25 GMT, (Claudia d'Amato)
wrote:

I would like to count the number of non-zero (=non-blank) cells in a range (say D9:D30).

How can I do this with an Excel formula ?

Claudia