I know that the function COUNTA counts non blank cells, but what does the "A"
stand for in the function?

Thank you, Karen

Active -- as in Count Active Cells


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Thank you VERY much!

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Active -- as in Count Active Cells


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I would have guessed Count AlphaNumeric's.

They don't need to be cells.

=counta("a","b",3)

But it's just a guess what that A means.

Karen wrote:

I know that the function COUNTA counts non blank cells, but what does the "A"
stand for in the function?

Thank you, Karen

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