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How to quickly get address of named range in Excel?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

Range name is a common feature that we usually used in our workbook, but, here, I wonder if there was a way to show the full address of a named range. For example, I have a named range called “domains” in a worksheet, and the range address would be $A$2:$A$9. How could I quickly get the address of a ranged name in Excel?

Get address of ranged name in Excel with formula

Get address of ranged name in Excel with User Defined Function

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Supposing, I have a range data which has the range name “domains” as following screenshot shown, and now, I can extract the address A2:A9 of the range name as following steps:

define a ranged name

1. Enter this long formula =ADDRESS(ROW(domains),COLUMN(domains))&":"&ADDRESS(ROW(domains)+ROWS(domains)-1,COLUMN(domains)+COLUMNS(domains)-1) into a blank cell, see screenshot:

get address of named range with formula

Note: In the above formula, domains is the range name that I want to use, you can change it to your own range name.

2. Then press Enter key, and you will get the cell address of the ranged name.

result address of the named range by using formula

arrow blue right bubble Get address of ranged name in Excel with User Defined Function

If you want to get the address of the range name including the sheet name, the following VBA code can do you a favor.

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: get address of ranged name in Excel

Function NameRefersTo(ByVal sName As String) As String
'Updateby Extendoffice
    On Error Resume Next
    NameRefersTo = Application.ActiveWorkbook.Names(sName).RefersTo
End Function

3. Then save and close this code, go back to your worksheet, in a blank cell, please enter this formula =Namerefersto("domains") into a blank cell, see screenshot:

get address of named range with user defined function

Note: In the above formula, domains is the range name that you want to use, you can change it to your need, and you must put the name between in quotes.

4. Press Enter key, and it returns the sheet name with the address for your specified ranged name.

result address of the named range by using user defined function

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