Excel COUNTIF Function (2024)

FAQs

What are the limitations of Countif function in Excel? ›

The COUNTIF function returns incorrect results when you use it to match strings longer than 255 characters. To match strings longer than 255 characters, use the CONCATENATE function or the concatenate operator &. For example, =COUNTIF(A2:A5,"long string"&"another long string").

Another way to count non-blanks in Excel is using the COUNTIF formula =COUNTIF(range,"<>"&"") .

COUNTIF function in Excel - syntax and usage

As you see, there are only 2 arguments, both of which are required: range - defines one or several cells to count. You put the range in a formula like you usually do in Excel, e.g. A1:A20. criteria - defines the condition that tells the function which cells to count.

Up to 127 range/criteria pairs are allowed.

The CountA function counts the number of records that aren't blank in a single-column table. This function includes empty text ("") in the count. The CountIf function counts the number of records in a table that are true for a logical formula. The formula can reference columns of the table.

The COUNT function is generally used to count a range of cells containing numbers or dates excluding blanks. COUNTA, on the other hand will count everything... numbers, dates, text or a range containing a mixture of these items, but does not count blank cells. COUNTA stands for count all.

Input formula

In the empty cell, you can input the formula to count cells with text. The Excel formula for this function is "=COUNTIF (range, criteria)" without quotation marks. In this formula, the range is the cells you want to include in your count and the criteria is text.

One common approach is to use the "COUNTIF" function alongside some other functions like "ISBLANK" or "IF." In this formula: "range" refers to the range of cells you want to count. For example, if you want to count the blank cells in column A from A1 to A10, the range would be "A1:A10."

What is the formula for count if cell contains anything in Excel? ›

The COUNTIF not blank function counts non-blank cells within a range. The universal formula is “COUNTIF(range,”<>”&””)” or “COUNTIF(range,”<>”)”. This formula works with numbers, text, and date values. It also works with the logical operators like “<,” “>,” “=,” and so on.

=COUNTIF(Range, criteria)

The COUNTIF function uses the following arguments: Range (required argument) – This defines one or several cells that we wish to count. The range of cells are those cells that will be tested against the given criteria and counted if the criteria are satisfied.

The COUNTIF function counts how many times each individual value appears in the specified range. In this example, COUNTIF(A2:A10,A2:A10) returns the array {1;2;2;1;2;2;2;1;2} . The IF function evaluates each value in the array returned by COUNTIF, keeps all 1's (unique values), and replaces all other values with zeros.

Theoretically you can set these max stack size to 8192 bits. Each variable takes up 32 bits then you could pass 256 parameters. 8192/32 = 256. There is no maximum limit to pass parameters or arguments to a user defined function.

COUNTIFS can handle up to 127 separate range/criteria pairs. All ranges must be the same size. If you provide different sizes, COUNTIFS will return #VALUE!

Which of the following is not true about the COUNTIF function? It contains as many arguments as you have conditions.