Excel formula: Count cells not equal to
To count the number of cells that contain values that not equal to a specified value, such as below screenshot shown. In Excel, you can use the COUNTIF function to quickly handle this job.
Generic formula:
| COUNTIF(range,”<>value”) |
Arguments
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Example:
Count the number of cells that not equal to “Apple” in the given list, choose one of below formulas
| =COUNTIF(B2:B8,"<>Apple") |
Or
| =COUNTIF(B2:B8,"<>"&E2) |
In above formulas, B2:B8 is the range of cells that you want to count from, Apple and E2 is the value you want the cells not equal to.
The press Enter key to get the counted result
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