Hiya, My question was about COUNTA not COUNT Wilson. Lisa > Hi Lisa, and Linda, > in the Excel Help example, =COUNT(A1:A7, 2) means that you > want to count > how many numbers are in the cells of array A1:A7, plus the > number 2 which > is the second argument. Array A1:A7, in the example given, > contains 3 > numbers, in cells A2, A4 and A5 (check that =COUNT(A1:A7) > is given as 3 in > the same example). Plus the number 2, you get 4 numbers. > Wilson > > At 20:05 6/3/2005, you wrote: > >Hey Linda, > > > >The "2" is from the help example in the Excel help. I didn't put it > >there!.. and I don;t know why it's there or why the result is 7. > >That's what I was asking! > > > >OTOH :-) Your explanation seems reasonable and in the absence of > >others I'll go with that. > > > >Thanks again > >Lisa ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************