How to count cells with text in Excel – using the Counta function

How to count cells that have ANYTHING  in them.

Sometimes we need to know how many entries we have in a list, irrespective of whether it is text or numbers. The Count () function, covered in this tutorial , ONLY counts entries with numbers in them but if you need to know, for example, how many names you have in a list, then you should use Counta(). Think of it as Count – Anything.

We are going to look at 2 ways to get this number

  • From the status bar
  • Using the Counta() function

Here is the file you can use to practise on. 

 

 

 

 

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