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We get 3 as the result, as shown below:

The COUNT function is fully programmed. It counts the number of cells in a

range that contain numbers and returns the result as shown above.

Suppose if we use formula COUNT(B5:B17,345). We will get the result below:

You may be wondering that B10 contains 345 in the given range. So why the

COUNT FUNCTION returned 4?

The reason is that in the COUNT function, all values in the formula are put side

by side and then all numbers get counted. Therefore, the number “345” has

nothing to do with the range. As a result, the formula will add the numbers of

the two values in the formula.

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