How do i count numbers and letters to find a total count of all

[Guest]

I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell. But
I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count all
whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group of
columns to get just the count?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried the COUNTA function?:
Example:
=COUNTA(A1:B20)

It returns the count of all non-blank cells in the referenced range.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

 

[PCLIVE]

Linda,

I'm not sure that a formula can count the number of characters in a range of
cells. However, here is a formula that will count the number of characters
in a single cell (A1).

==IF(A1="","",LEN(A1))
If A1 is blank, then the result will be blank. This will include spaces in
the count. If you want to omit spaces in the count, then:

=IF(A1="","",LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))
This only couts characters without spaces.

Fill down as needed, and then use a SUM fuction in another cell to get a
total count.

HTH,
Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ron, you were right on...it worked. Kudos!

 

[Guest]

Thanks PCLIVE.

Linda,

I'm not sure that a formula can count the number of characters in a range of
cells. However, here is a formula that will count the number of characters
in a single cell (A1).

==IF(A1="","",LEN(A1))
If A1 is blank, then the result will be blank. This will include spaces in
the count. If you want to omit spaces in the count, then:

=IF(A1="","",LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))
This only couts characters without spaces.

Fill down as needed, and then use a SUM fuction in another cell to get a
total count.

HTH,
Paul