Excel 2007 COUNT Function

Related article: Excel 2003 COUNT Function

Excel�s COUNT function is one of a group of �Count Functions� that can be used when you need to total the number of cells in a selected range.

The COUNT function's job is to only add up the cells in a selected range that contain numbers. It ignores empty cells or those contain text. If a number is later added to an empty cell the function will be automatically updated to include this new data.

The syntax for the COUNT function is:

=COUNT( Range )

Range - the group of cells the function is to count.

Example Using Excel 2007's COUNT Function:

Note: For help with this example, see the image to the right.

1. Enter the following data into cells C1 to C6: 11,12,13,14,15,16.
   
   
2. Click on cell C7 - the location where the results will be displayed.
   
   
3. Click on the Formulas tab.
   
   
4. Choose More Functions > Statistical from the ribbon to open the function drop down list.
   
   
5. Click on COUNT in the list to bring up the function's dialog box.
   
   
6. Drag select cells C1 to C6 on the spreadsheet to enter the range into the dialog box.
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   
8. The answer 6 should appear in cell C7.
   
   
9. The complete function =COUNT(C1:C6) appears in the formula bar above the worksheet.

Note: Since dates, times, and formulas are stored as numbers in Excel, the COUNT function will include any cells containing these types of data in the total.

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