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In Microsoft Excel, the function used to count only numeric values in a range is the COUNT function. When you use COUNT, Excel scans through the specified cells and counts how many of them contain numbers. It ignores blank cells and any cells containing text, formulas that return text, or error values.

For example, if a range A1:A5 contains the values: 10, “Text”, 25, "", and 40, then COUNT(A1:A5) will return 3, because there are three numeric entries: 10, 25, and 40.

This function is commonly used when analyzing data sets where only numerical values matter. It’s different from COUNTA, which counts all non-empty cells regardless of the type of content. It’s also different from SUM, which adds values instead of counting them, and AVERAGE, which calculates the mean.

Using COUNT helps users easily find out how many numerical entries exist in a worksheet without manually checking each cell. This is especially useful in financial reports, data analysis, and creating dynamic dashboards.