Formulas can often be difficult to understand, so breaking them down makes it easier to see what each part evaluates to. This can be done by selecting a function’s argument in the tooltip, or by highlighting a specific part of…
There are numerous ways of finding the highest value in a column and returning another in the matching row. Let’s have a look at two. In the example, a table called tblSales is present on the left. Method 1 uses…
Yesterday (2nd July) was the exact middle point of 2022, so today (3rd July) is the first day of the year’s second half. π―π¬ It’s common knowledge that there are 365 days in a year (except leap years). As 365…
CONCAT and CONCATENATE are two functions that combine text values. The former first appeared in Excel 2016, whereas the latter has been around considerably longer and is still accessible for backwards compatibility purposes. Syntaxes =π²πΎπ½π²π°ππ΄π½π°ππ΄(πππ‘ππ·, [πππ‘ππΈ], β¦) Their syntaxes look…
XLOOKUP is most commonly used for exact matches, but what if you don’t fully know what you’re searching for? Fortunately, it supports wildcards, which are characters that take the place of text so you can perform partial matches. This is…
Excel allows you to easily sum a column of numerical values via the ‘Total Row’ option in the Table Design tab. This generates a SUBTOTAL formula with numerous options including SUM (ignores hidden and unfiltered values) and COUNTA (counts non-empty cells). Awareness of these functions’ behaviour is crucial, as they handle hidden rows differently.
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