This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the AREAS function in Microsoft Excel.
Description
Returns the number of areas in a reference. An area is a range of contiguous cells or a single cell.
Syntax
AREAS(reference)
The AREAS function syntax has the following argument:
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Reference Required. A reference to a cell or range of cells and can refer to multiple areas. If you want to specify several references as a single argument, then you must include extra sets of parentheses so that Microsoft Excel will not interpret the comma as a field separator. See the following example.
Example
Copy the example data in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. For formulas to show results, select them, press F2, and then press Enter. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.
Formula | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
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=AREAS(B2:D4) |
Number of areas in the range |
1 |
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=AREAS((B2:D4,E5,F6:I9)) |
Number of areas in the range |
3 |
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=AREAS(B2:D4 B2) |
Number of areas in the range |
1 |