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=+COUNTA(M1:M20)

- the above will count non blank cells for the specified range.

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I have a selection of cells and i need the sum
if they contain text


Do you mean count, not sum? Do you mean count all cells even if they
contain text; or do you mean count the cells that contain text, excluding
those that are numeric?

To count all non-empty cells:

=counta(A1:A100)

To count cells that contain text, exlcuding those that are numeric:

=sumproduct(--istext(A1:A100))

To sum cells, regardless of whether they are numeric or they contain numeric
strings as text:

=sumproduct(--A1:A100)
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