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3. Formulas and Functions

3.3 COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTBLANK, COUNTIF and COUNTIFS

Function Counts Example Result
COUNT Cells with numbers =COUNT(G2:G11) 10
COUNTA Non-empty cells (any type) =COUNTA(A2:A11) 10
COUNTBLANK Empty cells =COUNTBLANK(A2:I11) 0
COUNTIF Cells meeting one condition =COUNTIF(C2:C11,"Pune") 4
COUNTIFS Rows meeting all conditions =COUNTIFS(D2:D11,"Blinkit",I2:I11,"Delivered") 5

More examples: late deliveries =COUNTIF(H2:H11,">15") → 3; orders in any city starting with "Na" (Nashik, Nagpur) =COUNTIF(C2:C11,"Na*") → 3.

Steps in Excel – delivery performance table

  1. K10 Delivered : =COUNTIF(I2:I11,"Delivered") → 7.
  2. K11 Cancelled : =COUNTIF(I2:I11,"Cancelled") → 2.
  3. K12 Cancellation % : =K11/COUNTA(A2:A11) → 20%.

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

COUNT fakt numbers mojto – khup students Order ID (text) var COUNT lavtat aani 0 yeto. Text sathi COUNTA vapra. Ani COUNTA la space asleli "rikami distnari" cell pan bharleli vatate, mhanun kadhi kadhi count jast yeto – aadhi data clean kara (Module 5).

Practice task

Count: orders per platform, orders in Pune that took ≤ 10 minutes, and blank cells in the Status column of the full Orders sheet.