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Excel's dynamic array functions made me realize I'd been solving problems the hard way for years
Turns out half my old formulas were just dynamic arrays in disguise, written the long way.
Imagine you’re tasked with analyzing two datasets—one containing a list of products and another with customer segments. How do you uncover every possible pairing to identify untapped opportunities?
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets frequently use similar formulas along columns. For example, you might need to keep a running total or tabulate a list of product inventories. Repetitively typing each ...
In addition to listing data, you can also use Excel to manipulate data. For example, you can compute sales, determine inventory or calculate nearly anything. However, rather than manually entering a ...
Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...
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