Top "Google-sheets-formula" questions

Use this tag for Google Sheets questions that involve the use of spreadsheet formulas.

Is there a way to evaluate a formula that is stored in a cell?

In a Google Docs spreadsheet, I'm looking for something like =EVAL(A1) where A1 is set to "=1+2". I found out …

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Periodically refresh IMPORTXML() spreadsheet function

I have a large sheet with around 30 importxml functions that obtain data from a website that updates usually twice a …

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VLOOKUP within IMPORTRANGE

I'm trying this function on Google spreadsheet without success in order to gather in a sheet a value after a …

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How do you get the formula from a cell instead of the value?

How do you get the literal value (the formula) from a cell instead of the result value? EXAMPLE DESIRED: A2: "…

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Highlight cell if value is present in any cell in another column

I want to highlight the cell in column A if it is repeated anywhere in column B. For example: A | …

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Split string and get last element

Let's say I have a column which has values like: foo/bar chunky/bacon/flavor /baz/quz/qux/bax I.…

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A "constant" in google spreadsheet?

Say I have 2 columns: (this is extremely simplified) Data = a number Result = Data * 1.2 I can put B2 = A2*1.2, then drag …

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FORECAST formula needed

I have this spreadsheet with some data in column A - Date, column B (keyword usage on a specific date …

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QUERY using cell contents as SQL variables

Here is what the spreadsheet I'm working with looks like: Summary table (top of sheet) Source data (same sheet, below …

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Copy cell from every nth row

I'd like to grab the names in every person's name from this google spreadsheet and put it into a new …

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