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Asked: 2026-06-06T21:36:43+00:00

Using COUNTIF(range,<>) can I count non-empty cells and with COUNTIF(range,~?) or COUNTIF(range,~*) can I

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Using COUNTIF(range,"<>") can I count non-empty cells and with COUNTIF(range,"~?") or COUNTIF(range,"~*") can I calculate the number of cells matching a wildcard character, but can I do it with one COUNTIF() ?

COUNTIF(range,"<>~?") does not work.

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  1. Editorial Team

    My understanding here is that you want to count cells in a range that satisfy two conditions – 1) they are not blank, 2) they are not “?”

    If you are using Excel 2007 or later try COUNTIFS (with an “S” on the end) with both conditions like this

    =COUNTIFS(range,"<>",range,"<>~?")

    or for earlier versions use SUMPRODUCT

    =SUMPRODUCT((range<>"")*(range<>"?"))

    [Note: you don’t need ~ in the latter]

    In Excel 2003 or earlier range can’t be a whole column. You can use the same approach for *

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