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<tt>'''value1'''</tt> to <tt>'''value30'''</tt> are up to 30 values or ranges representing the values to be counted. | <tt>'''value1'''</tt> to <tt>'''value30'''</tt> are up to 30 values or ranges representing the values to be counted. | ||
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<tt>'''COUNT(2; 4; 6; "eight")'''</tt> | <tt>'''COUNT(2; 4; 6; "eight")'''</tt> | ||
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<tt>'''COUNT(B1:B3)'''</tt> | <tt>'''COUNT(B1:B3)'''</tt> | ||
: where cells <tt>'''B1'''</tt>, <tt>'''B2'''</tt>, <tt>'''B3'''</tt> contain <tt>'''1.1'''</tt>, <tt>'''2.2'''</tt>, and <tt>'''apple'''</tt> returns <tt>'''2'''</tt>. | : where cells <tt>'''B1'''</tt>, <tt>'''B2'''</tt>, <tt>'''B3'''</tt> contain <tt>'''1.1'''</tt>, <tt>'''2.2'''</tt>, and <tt>'''apple'''</tt> returns <tt>'''2'''</tt>. | ||
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| + | <tt>'''COUNT(B1:B3)'''</tt> | ||
| + | : where cells <tt>'''B1'''</tt>, <tt>'''B2'''</tt>, <tt>'''B3'''</tt> are empty, returns <tt>'''0'''</tt>. | ||
===Issues: === | ===Issues: === | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 14 January 2013
COUNT
Counts the numbers in the list of arguments, ignoring text entries.
Syntax:
COUNT(value1; value2; ... value30)
value1 to value30 are up to 30 values or ranges representing the values to be counted.
Examples:
COUNT(2; 4; 6; "eight")
- returns 3, because 2, 4 and 6 are numbers ("eight" is text).
COUNT(B1:B3)
- where cells B1, B2, B3 contain 1.1, 2.2, and apple returns 2.
COUNT(B1:B3)
- where cells B1, B2, B3 are empty, returns 0.
Issues:
- The draft ODFF standard requires error values to be ignored, not propagated as in Calc. See issue 51068.
- The draft ODFF standard requires that text representations of numbers are NOT counted. Calc complies for text representations of numbers in cells, in contrast to Excel. However, COUNT(4; "4") will return 2, as inline strings are converted to numbers if possible. This is described in the ODFF standard (28Dec07) in section 2.2 page 35.
