Areas.Count property (Excel)

Returns a Long value that represents the number of objects in the collection.

Syntax

expression.Count

expression A variable that represents an Areas object.

Example

This example displays the number of columns in the selection on Sheet1. The code also tests for a multiple-area selection; if one exists, the code loops on the areas of the multiple-area selection.

Sub DisplayColumnCount() 
 Dim iAreaCount As Integer 
 Dim i As Integer 
 
 Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
 iAreaCount = Selection.Areas.Count 
 
 If iAreaCount <= 1 Then 
 MsgBox "The selection contains " & Selection.Columns.Count & " columns." 
 Else 
 For i = 1 To iAreaCount 
 MsgBox "Area " & i & " of the selection contains " & _ 
 Selection.Areas(i).Columns.Count & " columns." 
 Next i 
 End If 
End Sub

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