How do i count numbers and letters to find a total count of all

I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell. But
I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count all
whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group of
columns to get just the count?

Have you tried the COUNTA function?:
Example:
=COUNTA(A1:B20)

It returns the count of all non-blank cells in the referenced range.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"Linda" wrote:

> I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell. But
> I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count all
> whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group of
> columns to get just the count?

Linda,

I'm not sure that a formula can count the number of characters in a range of
cells. However, here is a formula that will count the number of characters
in a single cell (A1).

==IF(A1="","",LEN(A1))
If A1 is blank, then the result will be blank. This will include spaces in
the count. If you want to omit spaces in the count, then:

=IF(A1="","",LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))
This only couts characters without spaces.

Fill down as needed, and then use a SUM fuction in another cell to get a
total count.

HTH,
Paul


"Linda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell.
>But
> I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count
> all
> whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group
> of
> columns to get just the count?

Thanks Ron, you were right on...it worked. Kudos!

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> Have you tried the COUNTA function?:
> Example:
> =COUNTA(A1:B20)
>
> It returns the count of all non-blank cells in the referenced range.
>
> Does that help?
>
> ••••••••••
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>
> "Linda" wrote:
>
> > I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell. But
> > I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count all
> > whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group of
> > columns to get just the count?

Thanks PCLIVE.

"PCLIVE" wrote:

> Linda,
>
> I'm not sure that a formula can count the number of characters in a range of
> cells. However, here is a formula that will count the number of characters
> in a single cell (A1).
>
> ==IF(A1="","",LEN(A1))
> If A1 is blank, then the result will be blank. This will include spaces in
> the count. If you want to omit spaces in the count, then:
>
> =IF(A1="","",LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))
> This only couts characters without spaces.
>
> Fill down as needed, and then use a SUM fuction in another cell to get a
> total count.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
>
>
> "Linda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I do not want zeros to just show up when nothing has been put in a cell.
> >But
> > I want 0's to show up when entered in to the cell. Then I want to count
> > all
> > whether it is a number or text. Is there any way to count all in a group
> > of
> > columns to get just the count?
>
>
>