Lookup and Reference - AREAS Function

Description

The AREAS function returns the number of areas in a reference. An area is a range of contiguous cells or a single cell.

Syntax

AREAS (reference)

Arguments

Argument	Description	Required/ Optional
reference	A standard Excel reference to a cell or range of cells OR A named range OR A list of references, separated by commas and surrounded by parentheses. Then, the list is taken as a single argument, and Microsoft Excel will not interpret the comma as a field separator.	Required

Argument

Description

Required/ Optional

reference

A standard Excel reference to a cell or range of cells

A named range

A list of references, separated by commas and surrounded by parentheses.

Then, the list is taken as a single argument, and Microsoft Excel will not interpret the comma as a field separator.

Required

Applicability

Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016

Example

In the example given below, two teams are selected (i.e. the Ranges are selected) and given the Name Team1 and Team 2. The Areas function returns 2 as there are two ranges in the selection.

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