Need to count the cells in a worksheet range that contain data averages? Microsoft Excel supplies several easy-to-use functions for just such a purpose says bestselling computer book author Stephen L. Nelson
If you select a range of cells, you can have Excel find how many cells are in that range using the count functions. This sounds a little goofy, but a handful of easy-to-understand examples show how this works–and suggest when you might want to use the “cell counting” functions.
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