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COUNT

Description: Counts the number of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments. Use COUNT to get the number of entries in a number field in a range or array of numbers.

Syntax: COUNT(Value1, Value2, ...)

Value1, Value2, ... are 1 to 30 arguments that can contain or refer to a variety of different types of data, but only numbers are counted.

Remarks:

Arguments that are numbers, dates or text representation of numbers are counted.
Logical values and text representations of numbers that you type directly into the list of arguments are counted.
Arguments that are error values or text that cannot be translated into numbers are ignored.
If an argument is an array or reference, only numbers in that array or reference are counted. Empty cells, logical values, text or error values in the array or reference are ignored.
If you want to count logical values, text or error values, use the COUNTA function.

Example:

In the following example,

	A
1	Data
2	Sales
3	12/8/2010
4
5	19
6	22.24
7	TRUE
8	#DIV/0!

COUNT(A1:A7) = 3 [the number of cells that contain numbers in the list above]

COUNT(A4:A7) = 2 [the number of cells that contain numbers in the last 4 rows of the list]

COUNT(A1:A7, 2) = 4 [the number of cells that contain numbers in the list, and the value 2]