Featured Formulas

Count cells in range

The goal is to count the number of cells in a given range, regardless of whether the cells are empty or not. Although Excel has several functions designed to count cells based on their contents, there is no built-in function for counting the total number of cells in a range. The classic...Read more

Featured Functions

SEARCH Function

The SEARCH function returns the position (as a number) of one text string inside another. In the most basic case, you can use SEARCH to locate the position of a substring in a text string. You can also use SEARCH to check if a cell contains specific text....Read more

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