Examples

For example, in a workbook that contains 5 sheets, the following formula will return 5: SHEETS can be used to report the sheet count in 3D references as well. For example, in a workbook with three sheets (Sheet1 through Sheet3) in numeric order, the formulas below return results as shown:

Notes

If the reference is omitted, SHEETS returns the total sheets in a workbook. SHEETS includes hidden sheets in the count. SHEETS will report sheet count in 3D references. The SHEET function returns the index of a sheet. SHEETS returns a count.

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