How to count cells with question marks in Excel?

Supposing you have a column of values which populated with some question marks “?”, and now, you need to count the number of question marks in this list. If you use the COUNTIF function to count the question marks cells in normal way, you can’t get the correct result. This article, I will talk about how to correctly count the cells with question marks in Excel?

Count cells with question marks by using formula

Count cells with question marks by using formula

In Excel, the question mark is a type of wildcard, so you should use the COUNTIF function as this:

Enter this formula: =COUNTIF(B2:B19,"~?") into a blank cell, and then press Enter key to get the correct result, see screenshot:

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Note: In the above formula, B2:B19 is the data range that you want to count the question marks, you can change it to your need.

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	Popular Features: Find/Highlight/Identify Duplicates \| Delete Blank Rows \| Combine Columns or Cells without Losing Data \| Round without Formula ...
	Super Lookup: Multiple Criteria VLookup \| Multiple Value VLookup \| VLookup Across Multiple Sheets \| Fuzzy Lookup ....
	Advanced Drop-down List: Quickly Create Drop Down List \| Dependent Drop Down List \| Multi-select Drop Down List ....
	Column Manager: Add a Specific Number of Columns \| Move Columns \| Unhide Columns \| Compare Columns to Select Same & Different Cells ...
	Featured Features: Grid Focus \| Design View \| Big Formula Bar \| Workbook & Sheet Manager \| Resource Library (Auto Text) \| Date Picker \| Combine Worksheets \| Encrypt/Decrypt Cells \| Send Emails by List \| Super Filter \| Special Filter (filter bold/italic/strikethrough...) ...
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