Concepts

An important point to remember when using functions is that functions contain arguments, or variables in parentheses. For example, the function MAX(number1,number2,...) has the variables number1, number2,.... These are placeholders that show how the function is used. For the function MAX, you can either list the cells separately, as for example (C1,C2,C3,C4) or name a range such as (C1:C4). Also, you cannot use ellipses (...) as an argument to a function. The ellipses in the example above indicate that you can add one or more variables, if necessary. (For example, for the MAX function, you can provide two variables that correspond to number1 and number2, and leave it at that, or add more cell references to the variable list.)