“ROW”
Used for – “ROW” function in MS Excel is used to get the absolute position of the row of the reference cell.
Syntax – ROW([reference])
[reference] – This is an optional field as it is written in square brackets. It is a address of any cell for which we want to know the absolute position. The result of the this function is a numeric. If we do not put any reference it will consider the cell in which this function is typed and give the absolute position of the same.
Example – Following example will clear the ROW function:-
In below table formulas are shown which which reflects the various reference type for the function ROW:-
=ROW(A1)
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=ROW(AA1)
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=ROW()
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=ROW(A11)
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=ROW(BA1)
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=ROW(A9999)
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=ROW(TAA1)
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Below table shows the result of the above function if copied to cell A1 to C3 in any worksheet of workbook:
1
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1
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1
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11
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1
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9999
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1
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Below is a typical summary of the Column Function in the pictorial form with more advance typical information:
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| Summarized Column Function |
-Here it should be noted that reference should be used for single cell. If a range is selected then it will give the absolute row position of the top left cell of the range.
