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Determining number of entries in a table
I want to dynamically calculate the number of entries in a list of text
strings. Surprisingly COUNTA returns a number not corresponding to the actual number of strings in a range of cells. I tried to revert to COUNTIFS but cannot determine the correct syntax for the concept "is not null/empty". Any suggestions? I use Excel 2008 for Mac. Thanks, Stefano |
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Determining number of entries in a table
Hi,
This ignore NULL strings =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100<"")) -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "smaruzzi" wrote: I want to dynamically calculate the number of entries in a list of text strings. Surprisingly COUNTA returns a number not corresponding to the actual number of strings in a range of cells. I tried to revert to COUNTIFS but cannot determine the correct syntax for the concept "is not null/empty". Any suggestions? I use Excel 2008 for Mac. Thanks, Stefano |
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=COUNTIF(A:A,"?*")
"smaruzzi" wrote: I want to dynamically calculate the number of entries in a list of text strings. Surprisingly COUNTA returns a number not corresponding to the actual number of strings in a range of cells. I tried to revert to COUNTIFS but cannot determine the correct syntax for the concept "is not null/empty". Any suggestions? I use Excel 2008 for Mac. Thanks, Stefano |
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Determining number of entries in a table
Hi,
Why not =COUNTIF(A:A,"*") instead -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP "Teethless mama" wrote in message ... =COUNTIF(A:A,"?*") "smaruzzi" wrote: I want to dynamically calculate the number of entries in a list of text strings. Surprisingly COUNTA returns a number not corresponding to the actual number of strings in a range of cells. I tried to revert to COUNTIFS but cannot determine the correct syntax for the concept "is not null/empty". Any suggestions? I use Excel 2008 for Mac. Thanks, Stefano |
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