# COLUMN

#### Syntax <a href="#syntax.9" id="syntax.9"></a>

**COLUMN**(*range*; *columnIndex*)

* *range* - a range of values - ***Value type**: range*
* *columnIndex* - the index of the column to return - ***Value type**: number (optional, default value: 1)*

#### Remarks <a href="#remarks.6" id="remarks.6"></a>

* If *columnIndex* is greater than the number of columns in *range* or smaller than 1, an empty column with the same amount of rows as *range* is returned.
* *columnIndex* can contain the text “last”. In this case, the last column of *range* is returned.
* The function COLUMN can be used to ensure that a parameter or operand is always handled as a column during an operation.

#### Example

The left widget is filled with the second column of table2, by calling the COLUMN function with 2 as second parameter.

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