How to count merged cells in selected range in Excel?
Usually, you prefer to merge all same value cells in a range in Excel. But in some circumstances, you may need to count all merged cells in a selected range. How to deal with it? This article will introduce two methods to quickly count the merged cells in Excel.
Count merged cells in a range in Excel with VBA code
Easily count merged cells in a range in Excel with just one click
Count merged cells in a range in Excel with VBA code
1. Hold ALT button and press F11 on the keyboard to open a Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and copy the VBA into the module.
VBA: Count merged cells in a range
Function CountMerged(pWorkRng As Range) As Long
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Dim rng As Range
Dim total As Long
Set dt = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For Each rng In pWorkRng
If rng.MergeCells Then
TempAddress = rng.MergeArea.Address
dt(TempAddress) = ""
End If
Next
CountMerged = dt.Count
End Function
3. Save the code and close the window, and type this formula =CountMerged(A1:G10) (the range A1:G10 is the range you want to count the merged cells from, you can change it as you need) into a blank cell, and press Enter button on the keyboard. Then the counted result is shown in the cell, see screenshot:
Count merged cells in a range in Excel with just one click
Here I will show you a quick way to count merged cells in a range with just one click with the Select Merged cells utility of Kutools for Excel. Please do as follows.
1. Select the range with merged cells you want to count. And then click Kutools > Select > Select Merged Cells. See screenshot:
2. Then a Kutools for Excel dialog box pops up with the total number of merged cells listed inside. Please click the OK button. Then all merged cells in the selected range are selected 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.
Demo: Easily count merged cells in a range in Excel with Kutools for Excel
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