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Needed to count all cells for a project, found how to do it, and am posting it here in case it helps someone else.
on range a
=countifs(A:A,@cell = @cell)
Hi @L_123
Thanks for sharing!
Can I clarify, is this looking to count all cells in the column including blank cells?
=COUNT(A:A) should provide you with the number of non-blank cells.
If you're wanting to include blank cells, I had used this formula before (but your way is much cleaner!):
=COUNT(A:A) + COUNTIF(A:A, @cell = "")
Cheers 🙂
Genevieve
hi @Genevieve P.
Yes, this counts all cells, including blanks
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