I want to have the number of students in a class to automatically update
when I add or remove a row. In other words, I want the value for "count" to
always be correct. I see how I could do this by making an =row() column,
but that wouldn't be idiot proof. Any new row would have to have that value
added by the user. Is there any way to count rows that have no numeric
value in them?

Example

First Name Last Name
Alma Diderot
Mark Woolser
Amy Fleisher
Count 3

Hi,

I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean. When you say "is there any way to count rows that have no numeric value in them?", do you mean you're trying to count text cells only or a combination of any cells in a given range that do not contain numbers, whether or not they are blank or contain text?

As far as I can see, in your example data above (presuming it covers cells A1 to B5) if you enter =COUNTA(A1:A5)-2 into cell B5 that should give you the result you're looking for and will allow you to enter rows and delete rows.

All it does is count the number of populated cells between A1 and A5 and subtracts 2 from that total to account for the header value in A1 and the footer value in A5.

Hi,

Am Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:05:05 -0400 schrieb LAS:

Example

First Name Last Name
Alma Diderot
Mark Woolser
Amy Fleisher
Count 3

try:
=COUNTA(A:A)-1
-1 for the header


Regards
Claus Busch
--
Win XP PRof SP2 / Vista Ultimate SP2
Office 2003 SP2 /2007 Ultimate SP2

Thanks so much!!!
That's not in the list of any of the formulas on the formula tab that I can
see. Should I have been able to find this myself?
I'm using Excel 2010

"Claus Busch" wrote in message ...

Hi,

Am Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:05:05 -0400 schrieb LAS:

Example

First Name Last Name
Alma Diderot
Mark Woolser
Amy Fleisher
Count 3

try:
=COUNTA(A:A)-1
-1 for the header


Regards
Claus Busch
--
Win XP PRof SP2 / Vista Ultimate SP2
Office 2003 SP2 /2007 Ultimate SP2

Hi,

Am Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:49:35 -0400 schrieb LAS:

That's not in the list of any of the formulas on the formula tab that I can
see. Should I have been able to find this myself?
I'm using Excel 2010

Formulas = Insert Function = Statistical


Regards
Claus Busch
--
Win XP PRof SP2 / Vista Ultimate SP2
Office 2003 SP2 /2007 Ultimate SP2