AREAS function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

AREAS

Returns the number of areas in a given reference. An area refers to a range of adjacent cells or a single cell.

 

Syntax

 

AREAS(cell_ref)
cell_ref: The cell reference in which you want to find the number of areas. Can be a single range, or multiple ranges of cells separated by the tilde symbol (~). E.g. A1:A8~C1:C8~E1:E8

 

Examples

  

Formula

Result

=AREAS(A1:A8~C1:C8~E1:E8)

3

=AREAS(A1:A8~C1:C8~E1:E8~G1)

4

=AREAS(Data)

2


Get a hands-on experience of the function in the embedded range below. 



Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.