Count rows with not empty value

Solution 1:

I just used =COUNTIF(Range, "<>") and it counted non-empty cells for me.

Solution 2:

=counta(range) 

• counta: "Returns a count of the number of values in a dataset"

  Note: CountA considers "" to be a value. Only cells that are blank (press delete in a cell to blank it) are not counted.

  Google support: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093991

• countblank: "Returns the number of empty cells in a given range"

  Note: CountBlank considers both blank cells (press delete to blank a cell) and cells that have a formula that returns "" to be empty cells.

  Google Support: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093403

If you have a range that includes formulae that result in "", then you can modify your formula from

=counta(range)

to:

=Counta(range) - Countblank(range)

EDIT: the function is countblank, not countblanks, the latter will give an error.

Solution 3:

Here's what I believe is the best solution so far:

=CountIf(ArrayFormula(range<>""),TRUE)

Here's why in 3 easy steps

Step 1: Simple As Pie - Add Extra Column

The answer by eniacAvenger will yield the correct solution without worrying about edge cases as =A1<>"" seems to arrive at the correct truthy/falsy value based on how we intuitively think of blank cells, either virgin blanks or created blanks.

So imagine we have this data and we want the Count of non-blanks in B2:B6:

|   |      A      |   B   |    C    |
|---|-------------|-------|---------|
| 1 | Description | Value | B1<>""  |
| 2 | Text        | H     | TRUE    |
| 3 | Number      | 1     | TRUE    |
| 4 | IF -> ""    |       | FALSE   |
| 5 | IF -> Text  | h     | TRUE    |
| 6 | Blank       |       | FALSE   |

If we relied on Column C, we could get the count of values in B like this:

=COUNTIF(C2:C6,True)

Step 2: Use FormulaArray to dynamically create Extra Column

However, consideRatio's comment is a valid one - if you need an extra column, you can often accomplish the same goal with an ArrayFormula which can create a column in memory without eating up sheet space.

So if we want to create C dynamically, we can use an array formula like this:

=ArrayFormula(B2:B6<>"")

If we simply put it in C2, it would create the vertical array with a single stroke of the pen:

|   |      A      |   B   |    C                     |
|---|-------------|-------|--------------------------|
| 1 | Description | Value | =ArrayFormula(B2:B6<>"") |
| 2 | Text        | H     | TRUE                     |
| 3 | Number      | 1     | TRUE                     |
| 4 | IF -> ""    |       | FALSE                    |
| 5 | IF -> Text  | h     | TRUE                     |
| 6 | Blank       |       | FALSE                    |

Step 3: Count Values in Dynamic Column

But with that solved, we no longer need the column to merely display the values.

ArrayFormula will resolve to the following range: {True,True,False,True,False}.
CountIf just takes in any range and in this case can count the number of True values.

So we can wrap CountIf around the values produced by ArrayFormula like this:

=CountIf(ArrayFormula(B2:B6<>""),TRUE)

Further Reading

The other solutions in this thread are either overly complex, or fail in particular edge cases that I've enumerated in this test sheet:

Google Spreadsheet - CountA Test - Demo

For why CountA works the wonky way it does, see my answer here