stuck on calculation


Posted by kelvin l. graves on January 23, 2002 12:51 PM

I'm trying to count 4 cell that has a letter or number in it . the four cell will total up to be 4' ony if something is placed in the cell.; right now it will only count number not letters. need help... here's the formula =COUNT(H17:H25,"?")
thanks



Posted by Mark W. on January 23, 2002 1:00 PM

Use =COUNTIF(H17:H25,"<>")

BTW, cell range H17:H25 includes more than 4
cells. Also, deep in mind that this will count
more than just "letters or numbers". For instance,
it will count punctuation and special characters.