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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>
 
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: 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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: where cells <tt>'''B1'''</tt>, <tt>'''B2'''</tt>, <tt>'''B3'''</tt> are empty, returns <tt>'''0'''</tt>.
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* The ODFF standard requires that text representations of numbers are NOT counted. Calc complies to 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.
  
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* The draft ODFF standard requires error values to be ignored, not propagated as in Calc. See [http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51068 issue 51068].
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* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc: COUNTA function|COUNTA]]
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 2 February 2024



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 ODFF standard requires that text representations of numbers are NOT counted. Calc complies to 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.



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