Documentation/How Tos/Calc: AREAS function

AREAS

Returns the number of areas in a given reference.

Syntax:

AREAS(reference)

reference may consist of multiple ranges. AREAS returns the count of these ranges.

This is mostly useful with a named reference; multiple ranges may be entered from Insert - Names - Define... by manually concatenating ranges in the Assigned To box.

Example:

AREAS(A5:B7)

returns 1. The reference A5:B7 is a single range.

AREAS(myref)

where you have defined myref in Insert - Names - Define... to be two ranges (eg by entering $A$1:$A$3;$C$1:$C$4 in the Assigned To box), returns 2.