Join Dennis Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Using COUNT, COUNTA, and the status bar, part of Excel 2011 for the Mac: Advanced Formulas and Functions.
- Excel has two similarly named functions.…One called Count and one called Count A.…Count is designed to count the number of cells…that have numerical entries, or numbers.…So, for example,…if we're looking at column D here…we see there's an empty cell,…there's one with some text in it,…here's some text up here as well, too.…Let's just do a quick count to see how many cells…in column D have numbers.…=count, left parentheses for looking in the…entire column D, and we press return,…and we see that 92 cells have numbers.…
At other times it might be valuable to know…how many cells actually have data.…We see at least two more cells here that have data.…And since the list is relatively short…I'll zip through it kind of quickly here,…so about a hundred entries.…There are two additional cells that have data…in addition to numbers.…So the function called Count A,…when applied to that same column D,…is going to give us a different answer.…94 of the cells actually have data.…Now at the bottom of the screen,…in the status bar,…
Author
Dennis Taylor
Released
12/10/2014- Using absolute, relative, and mixed references
- Using the Formula Builder
- Converting formulas to values
- Creating 3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
- Creating and expanding the use of nested IF statements
- Looking up information with VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
- Using the power functions: COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
- Analyzing data with the statistical functions
- Calculating payment
- Performing basic math
- Determining dates and times
- Editing text with functions
- Analyzing data with arrays
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Formula and Function Tools
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2. Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts
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3. IF and Related Functions
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4. Lookup and Reference Functions
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Nesting VLOOKUP functions3m 56s
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Locating data with MATCH5m 1s
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5. Statistical Functions
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6. Power Functions
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7. Selected Financial Functions
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8. Selected Math Functions
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9. Date and Time Functions
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10. Text Functions
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11. Array Formulas and Functions
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12. Reference Functions
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13. Information Functions
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Conclusion
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Goodbye26s
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