COUNTA

Definition of COUNTA

Returns a count of the number of values in a dataset.

Sample Usage

COUNTA(A2:A100,B2:B100,4,26)

COUNTA(1,2,3,4,5,C6:C20)

Syntax

COUNTA(value1, [value2, ...])

• value1 - The first value or range to consider when counting.

• value2, ... - [ OPTIONAL ] - Additional values or ranges to consider when counting.

Notes

• Although COUNTA is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, but it is an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.

• COUNTA counts all values in a dataset, including those which appear more than once and text values (including zero-length strings and whitespace). To count unique values, use COUNTUNIQUE. To count only numeric values use COUNT.

See Also

MODE: Returns the most commonly occurring value in a dataset.

DCOUNTA: Counts values, including text, selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.

DCOUNT: Counts numeric values selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.

COUNTUNIQUE: Counts the number of unique values in a list of specified values and ranges.

COUNTIF: Returns a conditional count across a range.

COUNTBLANK: Returns the number of empty cells in a given range.

COUNT: Returns a count of the number of numeric values in a dataset.

In order to use the COUNTA formula, start with your edited Excellentable:

Then type in the COUNTA Formula in the area you would like to display the outcome:

By adding the values you would like to calculate the COUNTA formula for, Excellentable will generate the outcome:

	A	B	C	D
1	State	Population	Total area in mi2	Land area in mi2	Water area in mi2	House seat(s)
2	Alabama	4833722	52,420 (135,767)	50,645 (131,170)
3	Alaska	735132	665,384 (1,723,337)	570,641 (1,477,950)
4	Arizona	6626624	113,990 (295,233)	113,594 (294,207)
5	Arkansas	2959373	53,179 (137,733)	52,035 (134,770)
6	California	38332521	163,695 (423,968)	155,779 (403,466)
7	Colorado	5268367	104,094 (269,602)	103,642 (268,432)
8	Connecticut	3596080	5,543 (14,356)	4,842 (12,541)
9	Delaware	925749	2,489 (6,446)	1,949 (5,048)
10	Florida	19552860	65,758 (170,312)	53,625 (138,888)
11	Georgia	9992167	59,425 (153,910)	57,513 (148,958)
12	Hawaii	1404054	10,932 (28,314)	6,423 (16,635)
13	Idaho	1612136	83,569 (216,443)	82,643 (214,044)
14
15

	E	F
1

1,775 (4,597)

7

94,743 (245,383)

1

396 (1,026)

9

1,143 (2,960)

4

7,916 (20,502)

53

452 (1,171)

7

701 (1,816)

5

540 (1,399)

1

12,133 (31,424)

27

1,912 (4,950)

14

4,509 (11,678)

2

926 (2,398)

2