COUNTA function

Counts the number of arguments that are not empty.

Syntax

COUNTA(value1,value2,...)

Value1, value2, ...     are 1 to 30 arguments representing the values you want to count. In this case, a value is any type of information, including empty text ("") but not including empty arguments. If you do not need to count logical values, text, or error values, use the COUNT function.

Examples

Col1	Col2	Col3	Col4	Col5	Col6	Col7	Formula	Description (Result)
Sales	12/8/2008		19	22.24	TRUE	#DIV/0!	=COUNTA([Col1],[Col2],[Col3],[Col4],[Col5],[Col6],[Col7])	Counts the number of nonblank arguments in the list (6)
Sales	12/8/2008		19	22.24	TRUE	#DIV/0!	=COUNTA([Col4],[Col5],[Col6],[Col7]))	Counts the number of nonblank arguments in the last 4 rows of the list (4)
Sales	12/8/2008		19	22.24	TRUE	#DIV/0!	=COUNTA([Col1],[Col2],[Col3],[Col4],[Col5],[Col6],[Col7],2)	Counts the number of nonblank arguments in the list and the value 2 (7)
Sales	12/8/2008		19	22.24	TRUE	#DIV/0!	=COUNTA([Col1],[Col2],[Col3],[Col4],[Col5],[Col6],[Col7], "Two")	Counts the number of nonblank arguments in the list and the value "Two" (7)