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Count Parent cells

Cheryl Adams

Cheryl Adams ✭

10/18/16 edited 12/09/19 in Archived 2016 Posts

What is the formula to count the number of parent cells not including "children"?

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Brett Evans ✭✭✭✭✭✭

10/19/16

COUNT(ANCESTORS(<child_cell>))

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