{"id":1073,"date":"2019-05-03T17:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2019-05-03T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:37:06","slug":"the-countblank-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-countblank-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The COUNTBLANK function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>COUNTBLANK <\/strong>function provides us with a way to count the number of cells within a given cell range that are blank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the syntax of the function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>COUNTBLANK(range)<\/strong><\/p><cite><strong><font color=\"#191e23\"><span>range<\/span><\/font> <\/strong>: They are the cell references or cell ranges within which you want to count the blank cells.  <br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Empty cells (&#8220;&#8221;) are counted as blank, but zero value cells are not counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the button to practice using this function, with the help of our <strong>Online Assessment Tool<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"button-practice-container\" ><a class=\"button button-primary button-practice\" style=\"height:auto\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-integration\/run.php?id=NWRYMm54RkUrNThIN0djU3JCaFBQeVVXSDkwZ0hoR29IRmlaWlpuUHVNdWEybC82ZGZSYUxQMUVUNHhVeHp5Ng==&b=VWIyK25NUUhhN1BaRVFPcFNPdTl5NmNpVlRtYURHUklvajVQZXorQ29Nc1JTT2xOMnVSSndCNmVKbS8yOGdBRW9pd0NCbDlEUVhoNVpPTTBDWVlPclFHRnU5Y2pXeWp5UWQzYTdWeGMzOTQ9\">Practice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Here is an example of how to use the COUNTBLANK function:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the countblank function in the cell B1 to count the blank cells in the cell range A1:A400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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