title: How do I count not equal to wildcard characters in Excel?
body: <p>Using <code>COUNTIF(range,"&lt;&gt;")</code> can I count non-empty cells and with <code>COUNTIF(range,"~?")</code> or <code>COUNTIF(range,"~*")</code> can I calculate the number of cells matching a wildcard character, but can I do it with one COUNTIF() ?</p>
  
  <p><code>COUNTIF(range,"&lt;&gt;~?")</code> does not work.</p>