Comments on: COUNTA and COUNTBLANK Formulas in Excel http://excelhints.com/2007/05/23/counta-and-countblank-formulas-in-excel/ Excel Tips and Tricks for All Levels Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mike http://excelhints.com/2007/05/23/counta-and-countblank-formulas-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Mike Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:25:41 +0000 http://excelhints.com/2007/07/23/counta-and-countblank-formulas-in-excel/#comment-53 I noticed that counta() does NOT do the opposite of countblank(). Allow me to explain: Cell A1 contains a formula: if(someothercell=1;contentsofsomecell;"") Since "someothercell" contains 2, the cell is blank COUNTBLANK(A1) will return 1 COUNTA, on the other hand, will notice there is something in the cell, namely a formula. COUNTA(A1) will therefore ALSO return 1 This is a major gotcha. I noticed that counta() does NOT do the opposite of countblank(). Allow me to explain:

Cell A1 contains a formula:
if(someothercell=1;contentsofsomecell;”")
Since “someothercell” contains 2, the cell is blank
COUNTBLANK(A1) will return 1
COUNTA, on the other hand, will notice there is something in the cell, namely a formula.
COUNTA(A1) will therefore ALSO return 1
This is a major gotcha.

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