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Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:
“COUNTBLANK” on page 246
“COUNTIFS” on page 248
“Survey Results Example” on page 362
“Listing of Statistical Functions” on page 225
“Value Types” on page 36
“The Elements of Formulas” on page 15
“Using the Keyboard and Mouse to Create and Edit Formulas” on page 26
“Pasting from Examples in Help” on page 41
COUNTBLANK
The COUNTBLANK function returns the number of cells in a range that are empty.
COUNTBLANK(range)
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range: A range of cells. range is a reference to a single range of cells, which may
contain values of any type.
Examples
The table in this example is used to illustrate all variations of the COUNT function, including
COUNTBLANK. The information is not meaningful, but does illustrate what type of arguments each
variation of COUNT includes in the function result.
=COUNTBLANK(A1:E1) returns 0, as there are no blank cells in the range.
=COUNTBLANK(A2:E2) returns 0, as there are no blank cells in the range.
=COUNTBLANK(A5:E5) returns 3, as there are three blank cells in the range.
=COUNTBLANK(A6:E6) returns 5, as there are only blank cells in the range.
=COUNTBLANK(A1:E6) returns 8, as there are a total of 8 blank cells in the range.
=COUNTBLANK(A1:E1, A5:E5) returns an error, as COUNTBLANK accepts only one range as an argument.
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Statistical Functions