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Google Sheets is a powerful spreadsheet program that allows users to perform a variety of calculations and data analysis tasks. One useful feature of Google Sheets is the ability to count cells that are not equal to a certain text. This can be done by using the COUNTIF formula, which allows users to specify a criteria and count the number of cells that meet that criteria. By inputting the criteria as “not equal to” the desired text, the formula will count all cells in the specified range that do not contain the specified text. This feature is useful for quickly identifying and analyzing data that does not fit a specific category or criteria.
Google Sheets: COUNTIF Not Equal to Text
You can use the following formula in Google Sheets to count the number of cells that are not equal to a specific text:
=COUNTIF(A2:A11, "<>some_string")
This particular formula counts the number of cells in the range A2:A12 that are not equal to “some_string.”
Note: The <> operator stands for “not equal” in Google Sheets.
The following example shows how to use this formula in practice.
Example: COUNTIF Not Equal to Text in Google Sheets
Suppose we have the following dataset that contains information about various basketball players:
We can use the following formula to count the number of cells in the Team column that are not equal to “Hawks”:
=COUNTIF(A2:A12,"<>Hawks")
The following screenshot shows how to use this formula in practice:
From the output we can see that there are 8 cells not equal to “Hawks” in the Team column.
If you would like to count the number of cells not equal to several different text, you can instead use the COUNTIFS function.
For example, we can use the following formula to count the number of cells in the Team column that are not equal to “Hawks” or “Spurs”:
=COUNTIFS(A2:A12,"<>Hawks", A2:A12, "<>Spurs")
The following screenshot shows how to use this formula in practice:
From the output we can see that there are 6 cells not equal to “Hawks” or “Spurs” in the Team column.
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