COUNTA Formula not working

[Scudo]

I have the following in cell A60 It is used to add the amount of entries in
the column A. It used to give me a total in A60 but for some reason now
gives me the formula. have I done something I shouldnt have?

=COUNTA(A3:A59)

 

[David McRitchie]

check this thread: probably formatted as text, but other possibilities exist
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=1133119672.733652.54810@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com

 

[Paul B]

Scudo, is this the only formula on the sheet? or are all the formulas this
way, try Ctrl+`, next to the number 1 key and see if that changes it back,
or maybe the cell may have somehow chaged to text, select the cell and see,
if it is change the formatting back to general, or a number, select the cell
press F2 then enter and see if that will fix it

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[Niek Otten]

The cell was formatted as text before you entered the formula.
Format as General and re-enter the formula (F2, ENTER)

 

[Scudo]

Thanks for reply,

I re formatted the cell A60 as `general` but it is still displaying the
formula rather than the result.

 

[Niek Otten]

did you re-enter the formula? and try the other suggestions you got?

 

[Scudo]

Yes I tried that and also (tools, option, calculation, automatic/manual)
in case I had changed something in there.
When I change to `general` and re enter the formula (it displays the
formula) I then go back to format it is still formatted for general so it
doesnt appear to be defaulting back to text.

 

[Niek Otten]

especially this one

try Ctrl+`,

 

[Linda]

Hi,

Try Tools-Options-View Tab. Look under Window Options on that tab. Is the
check box for formulas selected? If so, deselect.