Reference functions – Apple Numbers '08 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Dictionary of Functions
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Reference Functions
Reference functions help you find data in tables and retrieve data from cells.
Numbers provides these reference functions.
Function
Description
Constructs a cell address string from separate row, column, and
table identifiers.
Counts how many cell ranges are in the argument.
Uses an index value to retrieve a particular value from a set of
values.
Returns the column number of a cell or, if no cell is specified, the
column number of the cell that contains the COLUMN function.
Counts how many columns are in a range of cells.
Retrieves a value from a range of rows by using the top row values
to pick a column and a row number to pick a row in that column.
Creates a clickable link that opens a webpage or new email
message window.
Retrieves the value found in, or a reference to, the cell at the
intersection of a specified row and column within a range of cells.
Retrieves the value at, or a reference to, a specified address.
Retrieves a value from one range of cells based on a search match
in a second range.
Finds the position of a search value within a range.
Retrieves one or more values a given number of rows and columns
from a specified base cell.
Returns the row number of a cell or, if no cell is specified, the row
that contains the ROW function.
Counts how many rows are in a range of cells.
Retrieves a value from a range of columns by using the left column
of values to pick a row and a column number to pick a column in
that row.