In an excel worksheet, what is the intersection of a row and a column called?
A worksheet in Excel is made up of Rows and Columns. Intersection of a Row and column in an Excel worksheet is a rectangle called as a Cell. Cells store a value, a formula, or text. An Excel worksheet contains very large number of cells. A cell is a smallest building block of an Excel worksheet. Show
Rows in Excel worksheetSimilar to a Row in any table, a Row in Excel worksheet runs horizontally. Rows in Excel worksheet are identified by Row numbers. Row numbers in Excel 2019 starts from 1 and ends in 1048576.
Columns in Excel worksheetSimilar to a Column in any table, a Column in Excel worksheet runs vertically. Columns in Excel worksheet are identified by Column letters. Column letters in Excel 2019 starts from "A" and ends in "XFD".
Cells in Excel worksheetIntersection of a Row and column in an Excel worksheet is a rectangle called as a Cell. A Cell can store one data at a time. The data can be text, number, formula, date etc. A Cell in Excel worksheet is identified by a Cell Address consisting of Column letter and Row number. Below image shows a Cell in Excel worksheet. The Cell shown below is the intersection of Column "C" and Row "5". Therefore the Cell address of cell shown below is "C5". The thick border outline around the selected Cell in above image indicates that it is the Active cell in Excel Worksheet. The Active cell is where the focus is on and where the data will be entered when a key is typed on keyboard. Below image shows the Actice Cell as C5, which is hi-lighted with a thick border. The Cell address of Active cell is displayd in Cell Name box in Excel formula bar. What is Intersect Operator in Excel and How to Use it FREE EXCEL TIPS EBOOK - Click here to get your copy Watch Video – Using Intersect Operator in Excel Intersect Operator in Excel can be used to find the intersecting value(s) of two lists/ranges. This an unusual operator as it is represented by a space character (yes that’s right). If you use a space character in between two ranges, then it becomes the Intersect operator in Excel. Intersect Operator in ExcelYou can use Intersect Operator in Excel to find:
Intersection of a Single Row and ColumnSuppose there is a data set as shown below: Now if you use =C2:C13 B5:D5 [Note there is a single space in between the ranges, which is also our intersect operator in Excel], it will return 523 (the value in cell C5), which is the intersection of these 2 ranges. Intersection of a Multiple Rows and ColumnsYou can also use the same technique to find the intersection of ranges that spans more than one row or column. For example, with the same data set as shown above, you can get the intersection of Product 1 and Product 2 in April. Here is the formula that can do that: =B2:C13 B5:D5 Note that the result of this formula would display a Value error, however, when you select the formula and press F9, it will show the result as {649,523}. This formula returns an array of the intersection values. You can use this within formulas, such as SUM (to get the total of the intersection values) or MAX (to get the maximum of the intersection values). Intersection of Named RangesYou can also use named ranges to find the intersection using the Intersect Operator in Excel. Here is an example where I have named the Product 1 values as Prdt1, Product 2 values as Prdt2 and April Values as Apr. Now you can use the formula =Prdt1 Apr to get the intersection of these 2 ranges. Similarly, you can use =Prdt1:Prdt2 Apr to get the intersection of Product 1, Product 2 and April. A Practical Example of Using Intersect Operator in ExcelHere is a situation where this trick might come in handy. I have a data-set of Sales Rep and the sales they made in each month in 2012. I have also created a drop-down list with Sales Rep Name in one cell and Month name in another, and I want to extract the sales that the Rep did in that month. Something as shown below: How to create this:
How does it work? Notice that there is a space in between the two INDIRECT formulas. The INDIRECT function returns the range for the named ranges – Sales rep and the Month, and the space between them works as an intersect operator and returns the intersecting value. Note: This invisible intersect operator get precedence over other operators. So if in this case, if you use =INDIRECT(B16) INDIRECT(C15)>5000, it will return TRUE or FALSE based on the intersecting value. You May Also Like the Following Excel Tutorials:
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