Why are their 65,536 rows in an Excel spreadsheet?

[Dawn]

Does anyone know the answer to this question?

 

[Don Guillett]

Homework?

 

[Chip Pearson]

Dawn,

The number 65,536 is 2^16, a nice round number in binary.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
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[Earl Kiosterud]

It fits nicely in exactly two bytes.