Count number of cells contain numeric or non-numeric values in Excel
If you have a range of data which contains both numeric and non- numeric values, and now, you may want to count the number of numeric or non-numeric cells as below screenshot shown. This article, I will talk about some formulas for solving this task in Excel.
Count number of cells contain numeric values
In Excel, the COUNT function can help you to count the number of cells that contain numeric values only, the generic syntax is:
- range: The range of cells that you want to count.
Enter or copy the below formula into a blank cell, and then press Enter key to get the number of numeric values as below screenshot shown:
Count number of cells contain non-numeric values
If you want to get the number of cells that contain the non-numeric values, the SUMPRODUCT, NOT and ISNUMBER functions together can solve this task, the generic syntax is:
- range: The range of cells that you want to count.
Please enter or copy the following formula into a blank cell, and then press Enter key, and you will get the total number of cells with non-numeric values and blank cells, see screenshot:
Explanation of the formula:
- ISNUMBER(A2:C9): This ISNUMBER function searches numbers in the range A2:C9, and returns TRUE or FALSE. So, you will get an array as this:
{TRUE,TRUE,FALSE;FALSE,FALSE,TRUE;TRUE,FALSE,FALSE;FALSE,TRUE,FALSE;FALSE,FALSE,FALSE;TRUE,FALSE,TRUE;TRUE,TRUE,FALSE;FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}. - NOT(ISNUMBER(A2:C9)): This NOT function converts the above array result in reverse. And the result will like this:
{FALSE,FALSE,TRUE;TRUE,TRUE,FALSE;FALSE,TRUE,TRUE;TRUE,FALSE,TRUE;TRUE,TRUE,TRUE;FALSE,TRUE,FALSE;FALSE,FALSE,TRUE;TRUE,TRUE,FALSE}. - --NOT(ISNUMBER(A2:C9)): This double negative operator-- converts the above TURE to 1, and FALSE to 0 in the array, and you will get this result: {0,0,1;1,1,0;0,1,1;1,0,1;1,1,1;0,1,0;0,0,1;1,1,0}.
- SUMPRODUCT(--NOT(ISNUMBER(A2:C9)))= SUMPRODUCT({0,0,1;1,1,0;0,1,1;1,0,1;1,1,1;0,1,0;0,0,1;1,1,0}): At last, the SUMPRODUCT function adds all numbers in the array and return the final result: 14.
Tips: With the above formula, you will see all the blank cells will be counted as well, if you just want to get the non-numeric cells without blanks, the below formula can help you:
Relative function used:
- COUNT:
- The COUNT function is used to count the number of cells that contain numbers, or count the numbers in a list of arguments.
- SUMPRODUCT:
- The SUMPRODUCT function can be used to multiply two or more columns or arrays together, and then get the sum of products.
- NOT:
- The NOT function Returns a reversed logical value.
- ISNUMBER:
- The ISNUMBER function returns TRUE when a cell contains a number, and FALSE if not.
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