The wrong answer

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Hi

I created the following formula in the hope that it would count the number
of cells with M as an entry:

=COUNTA(F3:F100,"m")

It is returning an answer of 8 but I know there are only 3 M cells in the
column. Any ideas what I've done wrong?

Thanks
 
You need to make it:

=COUNTIF(F3:F100,"m")

COUNTA counts all the non-blanks cells (including the "m").

Hope this helps.

Pete
 

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