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The Excel Areas function takes an Excel reference and returns the number of areas that make up the reference.

The format of the function is :

Where the Reference argument can be input directly or can be a named range.

If the Reference argument is input directly, the different areas of cells are input as a list, separated by commas and surrounded by brackets. This is seen in the examples below.

Example 1

The following spreadsheets show simple examples of the Excel Areas function. The format of the function is shown in the spreadsheet on the left and the results are shown in the spreadsheet on the right.

Example 2

The following spreadsheet shows another example of the AREAS function, where the Reference is the named range 'TestRange', which is made up of the 3 areas shown on the spreadsheet on the left. As shown in the spreadsheet on the right, the Areas function returns the result 3.