How to sum / count bold numbers in a range of cells in Excel?
When you have a data range which contains some bold numbers in a worksheet, and now you want to sum or count only the bold cells, of course you can add them up one by one manually, but it will be time-consuming. How could you sum or count only the bold cells in Excel with an easy and quick way?
Count bold numbers in a range with User Defined Function (VBA and formula)
Sum bold numbers in a range with User Defined Function (VBA and formula)
Several click to count and sum bold cells in a range with Kutools for Excel
Count bold numbers in a range with User Defined Function
The following User Defined Function can help you quickly get the number of bold cells. Please do as this:
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code:Count bold numbers in a range of cells
Function CountBold(WorkRng As Range)
'Update 20220516
Dim Rng As Range
Dim xCount As Double
For Each Rng In WorkRng
If Rng.Font.Bold Then
xCount = xCount + 1
End If
Next
CountBold = xCount
End Function
3. Then save this code, and type this formula =CountBold(A1:C9) into a blank cell, see screenshot:
4. Then press Enter key, and you will count the bold cells in the range A1:C9.
Note:A1:C9 in the formula indicates the range you want to use the function to count the bold cells, you can change it as your need.
Sum bold numbers in a range with User Defined Function
And if you want to sum only the bold numbers in a data range, I can also create a user defined function for you to solve it.
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code:Sum bold numbers in a range of cells
Function SumBold(WorkRng As Range)
'Update 20220516
Dim Rng As Range
Dim xSum As Double
For Each Rng In WorkRng
If Rng.Font.Bold Then
xSum = xSum + Rng.Value
End If
Next
SumBold = xSum
End Function
3. Then save this code, and type this formula =sumbold(A1:C9) into a blank cell, see screenshot:
4. And then press Enter key, all the bold numbers in the range A1:C9 have been added up. See screenshot:
Note:A1:C9 in the formula indicates the range you want to use the function to sum the bold cells, you can change it as your need.
Several click to count and sum bold cells in a range with Kutools for Excel
You can easily count or sum all bold cells in a range with several clicks without handling complicated VBA code and remembering formulas.
Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.
1. For counting bold cells, please select a blank cell for locating the result, and then click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > COUNTBYFONTBOLD.
And for summing bold cells, click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > SUMBYFONTBOLD. See screenshot:
2. In the Function Arguments dialog box, specify the range with bold cells you need to count or sum in the Reference box, and then click the OK button.
Now the counting or summing of all bold cells in specified range are populated in selected cell immediately. See screenshot:
If you want to have a free trial ( 30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.
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