How count elements in an column that are not empty

Question

I just started with R, and i have to count elements from an column that are not empty. For example : ``` exampleColumn 1 "heey" 2 3 "World" 4 "how are you " ``` How can I achieve this ?

Accepted Answer

If you want to count the strings that are not identical to the empty string (`""`), you can use:

```
sum(dat$exampleColumn != "")
```

How count elements in an column that are not empty

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