“COLUMN”
Used for – “COLUMN” function in MS Excel is used to get the absolute position of the column of the reference cell.
Syntax – COLUMN([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 COLUMN function:-
In below table formulas are shown which which reflects the various reference type for the function COLUMN:-
=COLUMN(A1)
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=COLUMN(AA1)
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=COLUMN()
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=COLUMN(A11)
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=COLUMN(BA1)
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=COLUMN(A9999)
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=COLUMN(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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27
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3
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1
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53
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1
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13547
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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 |
Note:
-Here it should be noted that reference should be used for single cell. If a range is selected then it will give the absolute column position of the top left cell of the range.
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