COUNTA, but not formulas returning empty string

[Johan Myrberger]

(Using Excel2000)

I have a column (A) where I have entered a formula
=IF(FromAccessTotalSubs!A3="";"";FromAccessTotalSubs!A3) (the row number
increasing on each row). The idea is to copy the column from another
sheet, and ensure that an empty string is displayed rather than 0 if the
copied cell was blank.

When I try to use =COUNTA(A:A) in another cell to find out how many cell
in the column that contains some information (not empty string..) I finf
that COUNTA return the number of cells that contains the (first)
formula, rather than how many cells displays a value to the user.

Is this the intended functionality of COUNTA? How can I enter a formula
that gives me the expected result?

regards
/Johan Myrberger

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
yes this is the entended result. Try instead
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100<>""))