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COUNTBLANK ( cell-range )
Description: Counts the number of cells in a specified range of cells, which are empty. A cell containing a formula that returns an empty string is counted, whereas a cell containing a zero value is not.
Arguments:
| 
  
   Name  | 
  
   Type  | 
  
   Description  | 
| 
  
   cell-range  | 
  
   Designates the range of cells to be inspected.  | 
Return Type and Value: number – The number of empty cells in the range specified.
[Example:
COUNTBLANK(A2:C2), where A2 and B2 are empty, but C2 is not, results in 2
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