Top "Excel-formula" questions

This tag is for Microsoft Excel questions where the question or answers are specifically about the structure, syntax, or output of an Excel formula.

Ignore Duplicates and Create New List of Unique Values in Excel

I have a column of values that often appear as duplicates. I need to create a new column, of unique …

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How do I combine the first character of a cell with another cell in Excel?

I have an Excel sheet with first names in Column A and surnames in Column B. I want to create …

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How can I perform a reverse string search in Excel without using VBA?

I have an Excel spreadsheet containing a list of strings. Each string is made up of several words, but the …

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Getting unique values in Excel by using formulas only

Do you know a way in Excel to "calculate" by formula a list of unique values ? E.g: a vertical …

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How to loop in excel without VBA or macros?

Is it possible to iterate (loop) a group of rows in Excel without VBA or macros installed? A web search …

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Excel Date to String conversion

In a cell in Excel sheet I have a Date value like: 01/01/2010 14:30:00 I want to convert that Date to Text …

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Declaring variables in Excel Cells

Is it possible to declare variables in Excel cells and use them as parameters for formulas in other cells? For …

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Convert date field into text in Excel

I have an Excel file which has a column formatted as date in the format dd-mm-YYYY. I need to convert …

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Excel: last character/string match in a string

Is there an efficient way to identify the last character/string match in a string using base functions? I.e. …

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Using "If cell contains #N/A" as a formula condition.

I need help on my Excel sheet. How can I declare the following IF condition properly? if A1 = "n/a" …

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