If your business uses spreadsheets, you may find it necessary to count the number of cells containing data in a worksheet. You might also need to determine how many cells are empty or if the values of ...

Excel is a powerful tool in the Microsoft Office suite of programs that allows you to create spreadsheets that can present a simple set of information or work through highly detailed and complicated ...

The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...

Q. I am trying to do some analysis regarding how many clients each of our departments serviced and how many of those clients were billed over a certain amount. I have our department/ client ...

When analyzing grades (especially for a large class) the COUNTIF function in Excel can be extremely helpful. For example, suppose you have entered your final letter grades, and you need to report how ...

There are a few ways to count the number of items in an Excel list, depending on the data you have. In this tutorial, learn how to count items in Excel using the COUNTIF and SUBTOTAL functions. Image: ...

Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

Have you ever stared at a colorful Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to quickly calculate totals or counts based on cell colors? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets. While ...

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Counting duplicate values is a subject that begs definition. What constitutes a duplicate? Within Excel, you can have duplicate values within the same column or you can have duplicate records — a row ...