COUNT Function in Excel

Question

How to do COUNT in excel?

Answer

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.  

 
Be aware that dates, times, functions, and formulas are stored as numbers in Excel. The COUNT function will, therefore, include any cells containing these types of data in the total.  
The syntax for the COUNT function is: =COUNT( Range )  Range - the group of cells the function is to count.  

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