Count Filled Cells in Excel Using CountA function

In this lesson, we will learn the easiest way to count filled cells in Excel by using the Count A function in addition to the element selection technique.

Assuming I have two columns, the first column is a group of customers and the other column is the amount required from each customer.

a table of customers
a table of customers

Calculate the number of customers

In order to calculate the number of customers, we will follow the following steps:

1- In a new cell, we use the function for counting items, which is “COUNTA”, in the following way: “=COUNTA(“.

The function "COUNTA" to count the filled cells
The function “COUNTA”

2- We select the cells that contain customers.

select the customers cells
select the customers cells

3- We close the bracket “(” and then press “Enter” from the keyboard.

press "Enter" to count filled cells
press “Enter”

Calculating the sum of the amounts

To calculate the sum of the amounts for the customers, we will follow the following steps:

1- In a new cell, we use the function for the addition operation “SUM” in the following way: “=SUM(“.

the addition function "SUM"
the addition function “SUM”

2- We select the amounts that we will collect.

select the amounts
select the amounts

3- We close the bracket “(” and press “Enter” from the keyboard.

press "Enter"
press “Enter”

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