I have a table that is auto-generated from a database and I am trying to count the text `<None>` in the table. I am using the following formula:

```
=COUNTIF(SomeTable[SomeColumn],"<None>")

```

It produces an incorrect count that is way off but I believe it is interpreting the < and > as an operator throwing off the count. 

It counts appropriately when I change the < and > to \*'s

```
=COUNTIF(SomeTable[SomeColumn],"*None*")

```

How do you make the formula interpret `<none>`as text only.