COUNT function

Category: Statistical
Introduced: Excel 2003

Summary

Counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments

Syntax

COUNT(value1, [value2], ...) The COUNT function syntax has the following arguments:
• value1 Required. The first item, cell reference, or range within which you want to count numbers.
• value2, ... Optional. Up to 255 additional items, cell references, or ranges within which you want to count numbers.
Note: The arguments can contain or refer to a variety of different types of data, but only numbers are counted.

Example

=COUNT(A2:A6)
=COUNT(A5:A6)
=COUNT(A2:A6,2)

Microsoft Support Page

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/count-function-a59cd7fc-b623-4d93-87a4-d23bf411294c

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