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title: "What do you mean by cell address in excel?"  
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# What do you mean by cell address in excel?

What do you [mean](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80630/what-does-it-mean-to-be-paperclipped) by cell address in excel?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- A **cell reference, also known as a cell address,** is a formula that identifies a cell on a worksheet by combining a column letter with a row number.
- A1 denotes the cell at the junction of column A and row 1; B2 denotes the second cell in column B; and so on.
- Cell references are used in formulas to help [**Excel**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96542/which-function-is-used-to-determine-the-day-of-the-week-for-a-date-in-excel-give-example) discover the values that the formula should calculate.
- To copy the value of A1 to another cell, for example, use the following formula:
- =A1
- You can use this formula to sum the numbers in cells A1 and A2:
- =A1+A2

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