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Count function Summary  The Excel COUNT function returns the count of values that are numbers, generally cells that contain numbers. Values can be supplied as constants, cell references, or ranges. Purpose Count numbers Return value  Count of numeric values Syntax   =COUNT (value1, [value2], ...) Arguments   value1 - An item, cell reference, or range. value2 - [optional] An item, cell reference, or range. Usage notes   The COUNT function returns the count of numeric values in the list of supplied arguments. Arguments can be individual items, cell references, or ranges up to a total of 255 arguments. All numbers including negative values, percentages, dates, fractions, and time are counted. Empty cells and text values are ignored. Example #1 - range In the example shown, COUNT is set up to count numbers in the range B5:B11: =COUNT(B5:B11) // returns 4 COUNT returns 4, since there are 4 numeric values in the range B5:B11. Text values and blank cells are ignored. E...