Using COUNTIFS to count blank when cell has a formula

Question

I have criteria where I need to count if a column B is not blank. But I have a formula in Cell B, So if I do a simple

=Countifs(B1:B10,"<>")      

This returns the count of the cells which have the formula but I just need the blanks when the formula does not populate anything.

Answer 1

Try this formula

[edited as per comments]

To count populated cells but not "" use

=COUNTIF(B:B,"*?")

That counts text values, for numbers

=COUNT(B:B)

If you have text and numbers combine the two

=COUNTIF(B:B,"*?")+COUNT(B:B)

or with SUMPRODUCT - the opposite of my original suggestion

=SUMPRODUCT((B:B<>"")*(B:B<>0))