asked on 5/17/2011

Formula Help With Countif

I have the following formuila in a spreadsheet:

COUNTIF(Bills_New!$M$8:$BQ$20,"<>"&"")

Am I right that it is saying that it will count anythng in the range if the cell is not blank? I am not sure what <> actually says. Please explain.
Thanks, David

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Rory Archibald

5/17/2011

It counts any cell that has a value other than "".

Rory Archibald

5/17/2011

Correction - any cell other than a blank cell, as you originally thought - it will ignore cells with "" as the result of a formula.

ISO30

5/17/2011

You might also consider using COUNTA:

COUNTA(Bills_New!$M$8:$BQ$20)

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