# CELL

## Content

This function returns information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell.

## Syntax

`CELL(info_type, [reference])`

## Arguments

| **Argument** | **Description** |
| -------- | ----------- |
| *info\_type* | [Required] A text value that specifies what type of cell information you want to return. The following list shows the possible values of the *Info\_type* argument and the corresponding results. |
| *reference* | [Optional] The cell that you want information about.<br>If omitted, the information specified in the *info\_type* argument is returned for cell selected at the time of calculation. If the reference argument is a range of cells, the CELL function returns the information for active cell in the selected range. |

## Examples

`CELL("row", B1)`
`CELL("contents", B3)`
`CELL("type", B4)`