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Anonymous
2024-11-05T13:14:56+00:00

=COUNTIF(C10:C45,"?") seems to work as count if not blank rather than counting question marks. how can i count question marks?

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2024-11-05T13:22:12+00:00

"?" is a wildcard meaning "any character". To specify that you want ? as a literal character, prefix it with a tilda ~

=COUNTIF(C10:C45,"~?")

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T17:47:16+00:00

    thanks that worked, id tried double quotes and single and double.

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