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COLUMN ( [ reference ] )
Description: Finds the number of the column(s) corresponding to reference.
Arguments:
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Name |
Type |
Description |
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A reference to a single cell or to a range of contiguous cells. If omitted, the behavior is as if reference referred to the cell containing the formula. |
Return Type and Value: number – If reference refers to a single cell or to a single column of cells, the corresponding column is returned. If reference refers to a range of cells involving multiple columns, a horizontal array of the corresponding columns as numbers is returned.
However, if the range of cells referred to by reference is not contiguous, #REF! is returned.
[Example:
COLUMN() results in 4, when the cell containing the formula is in column 4
COLUMN(E17:E19) results in 5
COLUMN(E16:F17) results in a horizontal array containing 5and 6, respectively
end example]