How to use COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTBLANK, COUNTIF, and COUNTIFS Functions in Microsoft Excel In Easy Way
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Description:
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to use the Count function in Microsoft Excel. The count function belongs to the statistical function category. Some more count function includes the statistical function category like
- Count Function
- Count Blank Function
- Count A Function
- Countif Function
- Countifs Function
let’s start, How to Use Count Functions in Microsoft Excel In Easy Way.
How to Use Count Function in Microsoft Excel In Easy Way
Note: If you want to show results in your worksheet then apply the count function in the cell otherwise select the required cell range then show the result in the Excel status bar.
Count Function:
Count Function is used to count only numbers within the range. you can insert 1 to 255 different types of arguments in count function, but only numbers count function counts only numbers this function ignores the text and logical values.
Arguments: The data stored between the parenthesis is called arguments۔
Syntax: COUNT(value1,value2,…)
COUNT(RANGE)
Example: =COUNT(B3: B11)
CountA Function:
CountA Function counts the number of cells in a range that are not empty.
Syntax: COUNTA(value1,value2,…)
Example: =COUNT(B3: B11)
Count Blank Function:
The Count Blank function counts the number of empty cells in a specified range of Cells.
Syntax: COUNTBLANK(Cell Range)
Example: =COUNTBLANK(B3: B11)
Countif Function:
Counts the number of cells within a range that the given condition.
Syntax: COUNTIF(Range,Criteria)
Example: =COUNTIF(B3: B11,”KeyBoard”)
You can use a cell reference in the criteria.
Countifs Function:
The COUNTIFS function applies criteria to cells across multiple ranges and counts the number of times all criteria are met.
Syntax:
COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…)
The COUNTIFS function syntax has the following arguments:
- criteria_range1 Required. The first range is in which to evaluate the associated criteria.
- criteria1 Required. The criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text that defines which cells will be counted. For example, criteria can be expressed as 32, “>32”, B4, “apples”, or “32”.
- criteria_range2, criteria2, … Optional. Additional ranges and their associated criteria. Up to 127 range/criteria pairs are allowed.
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