How to: Create a Named Range of Cells

• Apr 08, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

This example demonstrates how to create a named range of cells in a worksheet. You can do this in one of the following ways.

• Use the Worksheet.Range property to access a cell range (see the How to: Access a Range of Cells document for details). Then, specify the range name via the Range.Name property of the created Range object.
• Use the DefinedNameCollection.Add method to add a new defined name for the specified range to the worksheet’s collection of defined names (Worksheet.DefinedNames). Then, use the Worksheet.Range property and pass the DefinedName.Name property value of the previously created defined name object.

Note

When specifying a name for a cell or range of cells, follow the rules listed in the Defined Names document.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/spreadsheet-document-server-api-e4339

CellActions.cs

Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

// Create a range.
Range rangeB3D6 = worksheet.Range["B3:D6"];
// Specify the name for the created range.
rangeB3D6.Name = "rangeB3D6";

// Create a new defined name with the specifed range name and absolute reference.
DefinedName definedName = worksheet.DefinedNames.Add("rangeB17D20", "Sheet1!$B$17:$D$20");
// Create a range using the specified defined name.
Range B17D20 = worksheet.Range[definedName.Name];

CellActions.vb

Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

' Create a range.
Dim rangeB3D6 As Range = worksheet.Range("B3:D6")
' Specify the name for the created range.
rangeB3D6.Name = "rangeB3D6"

' Create a new defined name with the specifed range name and absolute reference.
Dim definedName As DefinedName = worksheet.DefinedNames.Add("rangeB17D20", "Sheet1!$B$17:$D$20")
' Create a range using the specified defined name.
Dim B17D20 As Range = worksheet.Range(definedName.Name)

The image below shows the defined names of cell ranges in a worksheet (the workbook is opened in Microsoft® Excel®).

To learn how to use named ranges in formulas, see the How to: Use Names in Formulas document.