# RANGE

The RANGE function refers to the values of a node between the specified start and end periods. We can use this function to find the values of certain periods.

### Syntax

.RANGE(start\_index, end\_index) - > \[number]

### Arguments

<table><thead><tr><th width="188">Arguments</th><th width="172">Datatype</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>start_index</td><td>Number</td><td>The starting range/period value</td></tr><tr><td>end_index</td><td>Number</td><td>The ending range/period value</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Remarks

This function can only be used after refering a node for which this calculation needs to be done as shown below in the example.

### Example

Consider a scenario where we have interest payments for months Jan to Dec. Our objective is to calculate the interest paid in the months April to June.

| Periods                                              | Jan | Feb   | Mar   | Apr   | May   | Jun   | Jul   | Aug   | Sep   | Oct   | Nov   | Dec   |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
| <mark style="color:orange;">Interest payments</mark> | 0   | 78.37 | 74.06 | 69.71 | 65.33 | 60.91 | 56.46 | 51.96 | 47.43 | 42.86 | 38.26 | 33.61 |

To achieve this, the following formula should be written in the \[Range Interest payments] node:

<mark style="color:blue;">**`SUM`**</mark>**`(`**<mark style="color:orange;">**`[Interest payments]`**</mark>**`.`**<mark style="color:blue;">**`Range`**</mark>**`(4,6))`**

### Result

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="125">Column1</th><th>Column2</th><th>Column3</th><th>Column4</th><th>Column5</th><th>Column6</th><th>Column7</th><th>Column8</th><th>Column9</th><th>Column10</th><th>Column11</th><th>Column12</th><th>Column13</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Range Interest payments</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td><td>195.95</td></tr></tbody></table>


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