Format Text to number

[Bruce D.]

I am using excel 2007 and I am creating a macro that will count the number of
account numbers in a column. The problem is that the account numbers are
stored as text not number. This prevents the count() function from working.
Is there a way to get this accomplished.

Thanks!

 

[Bob Phillips]

Use COUNTA, that counts a on-empty cell.

 

[Tom Hutchins]

Try COUNTA instead of COUNT. COUNTA counts non-blank cells, not just numbers.
To use COUNTA in a macro you will have to refer to it like this:
Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(etc.)
since it is a worksheet function, not a VBA function.

Hope this helps,

Hutch

 

[Bruce D.]

Yes, that works. Thanks!
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Bruce

Try COUNTA instead of COUNT. COUNTA counts non-blank cells, not just numbers.
To use COUNTA in a macro you will have to refer to it like this:
Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(etc.)
since it is a worksheet function, not a VBA function.

Hope this helps,

Hutch