How to you count cells that contain any entry?

[Robin C]

=IF(J9="x",1,IF(K9="x",1.5,IF(L9="x",2,IF(M9="x",2.5,IF(N9="x",3,IF(O9="x",3.5,IF(P9="x",4,"")))))))

This works fine for me if my customers use an x, but some use a tick or a
star, or any computer letter/symbol.
Can this equation be made to work irrespective of what the entry in the cell
is?

 

[Bob Phillips]

=IF(J9<>"", 1, etc.

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[Aladin Akyurek]

Does

=LOOKUP(2,1/(1-ISBLANK(J99)),{1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.5,4})

fit the bill?

 

[amohsin14]

Try this formula