Match two criteria and return multiple records
This article demonstrates how to extract records/rows based on two conditions applied to two different columns, you can easily extend […]
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Gets a value in a specific cell range based on a row and column number.
Use IF + COUNTIF to evaluate multiple conditions
The image above demonstrates a formula that matches a value to multiple conditions, if the condition is met the formula […]
Extract a unique distinct list and ignore blanks
This article demonstrates formulas that extract unique distinct values and ignore blank empty cells. Table of contents Extract a unique […]
How to use the FREQUENCY function
Returns how many times values exist in a given range. Note, this function returns an array of values.
If cell contains text from list
This article demonstrates several ways to check if a cell contains any value based on a list. The first example […]
Search for a text string in a data set and return multiple records
This article explains different techniques that filter rows/records that contain a given text string in any of the cell values […]
Formula for matching a date within a date range
This article demonstrates how to match a specified date to date ranges. The image above shows a formula in cell […]
5 easy ways to extract Unique Distinct Values
First, let me explain the difference between unique values and unique distinct values, it is important you know the difference […]
Extract all rows from a range that meet criteria in one column
Lookup with criteria and return records.
The SUMIF function sums values based on a condition. The condition can be applied to the values being summed or […]
Find latest date based on a condition
This article demonstrates how to return the latest date based on a condition using formulas or a Pivot Table. The […]
How to do tiered calculations in one formula
The image above demonstrates a formula that calculates tiered values based on a tier table and returns a total. This […]
The MAX function allows you to calculate the largest number in a cell range. The formula in cell D3 extracts […]
Excel function syntax TEXT(value, format_text) Converts a value to text in a specific number format. Arguments value - The string […]
Distribute values across numerical ranges
This article demonstrates how to distribute values into specific ranges with possible overlapping ranges. I have written articles about filter […]
Lookup and return multiple values concatenated into one cell
This article demonstrates how to find a value in a column and concatenate corresponding values on the same row. The […]
This article demonstrates a formula that calculates a running total. A running total is a sum that adds new numbers […]
How to use the COUNTIF function to count not blank cells
The COUNTIF function is very capable of counting non-empty values, I will show you how in this article. Excel can […]
Find empty cells and sum cells above
This article demonstrates how to find empty cells and populate them automatically with a formula that adds numbers above and […]
Rearrange values using formulas
The picture above shows data presented in only one column (column B), this happens sometimes when you get an undesired […]
How to use the SEQUENCE function
The SEQUENCE function creates a list of sequential numbers to a cell range or array. It is located in the […]
Opening a workbook runs a macro automatically
This article explains how to set up a workbook so a macro is run every time you open the workbook. […]
Run a Macro from a Drop Down list [VBA]
This article demonstrates how to run a VBA macro using a Drop Down list. The Drop Down list contains two […]
How to use the XMATCH function
This article demonstrates the XMATCH function introduced in Excel 365. The XMATCH function is an enhanced version of the MATCH […]
This article demonstrates the LET function introduced in Excel 365. What's on this page How to use the LET function […]
How to extract a case sensitive unique list from a column
This article demonstrates a formula that extracts unique values from a column also considering upper and lower characters (case sensitive). […]
Sort and return unique distinct single digits from cell range
This article demonstrates a formula that filters unique distinct single digits from a cell range containing numbers. Cell range B3:B6 […]
Count unique distinct values based on a condition
This article demonstrates how to construct a formula that counts unique distinct values based on a condition. The image above […]
Lookup based on a date range and a condition return multiple values
This article demonstrates a formula that extracts values from a column based on a date range criteria and another condition. […]
Extract a list of alphabetically sorted duplicates based on a condition
The following image shows you a data set in columns B and C. The formula in cell E2 extracts a […]
How to use the SEARCH function
Returns a number representing the position a substring is, if found in a textstring. FIND is case sensitive and SEARCH is not.
Filter duplicate values using criteria
This article demonstrates formulas that extract duplicates based on three conditions. Table of Contents Filter duplicate values using criteria How […]
Extract duplicate values with exceptions
This article demonstrates formulas that extract duplicate values from a column, however, column D contains values that you don't want […]
Concatenate cell values based on a condition [No VBA]
Add cell values to a single cell with a condition, no VBA in this article.
This article demonstrates formulas that return the last value in a given cell range or column. The image above shows […]
Unique distinct list sorted alphabetically based on a condition
This article demonstrates how to extract unique distinct values based on a condition and also sorted from A to z. […]
Lookup and match last value – reverse lookup
This article shows a formula that performs a reverse lookup and returns the corresponding value based on the last matching […]
How to use the XLOOKUP function
This article demonstrates how to use the XLOOKUP function in Excel 365. Table of Contents XLOOKUP function - Overview Function […]
Use VLOOKUP and return multiple values sorted from A to Z
This article demonstrates how to extract multiple values based on a search value and display them sorted from A to […]
Concatenate unique distinct values
This article demonstrates Excel formulas that extract unique distinct values from a cell range and concatenates the values using any […]
How to use the TEXTJOIN function
The TEXTJOIN function is a relatively new function introduced in Excel 2019, it is like the CONCATENATE function on steroids […]
How to use the HLOOKUP function
This article demonstrates how to use the HLOOKUP function in Excel. Use the new XLOOKUP function which is an improved […]
How to use the VLOOKUP function
The VLOOKUP function lets you search the leftmost column for a value and return another value on the same row […]
Search values and return value with highest level
This article demonstrates a formula that searches a table and returns a value based on its position. The value with […]
Highlight cells based on ranges
This article demonstrates a Conditional Formatting formula that lets you highlight cells based on numerical ranges specified in an Excel […]
Rearrange values in a cell range to a single column
This article demonstrates formulas that rearrange values in a cell range to a single column. Table of Contents Rearrange cells […]
The SORT function lets you sort values from a cell range or array. It returns an array with a size […]
Have you ever tried to build a formula to calculate discounts based on price? The VLOOKUP function is much easier […]
Count matching strings using regular expressions
This article demonstrates a User Defined Function (UDF) that counts how many times a string exists in a cell value […]
This article demonstrates a few different formulas that extract values from the table column header names and the right-most column. […]
Excel 2016 owners with an office 365 subscription can now easily build beautiful map charts. Excel uses maps from Bing […]
Split search value using delimiter and search for each substring
This article demonstrates formulas and a UDF that searches for values in a table based on concatenated values and returns […]
How to use the FILTERXML function
The FILTERXML function extracts specific values from XML content by using the given xpath. The function was introduced in 2013 […]
Sort values in a cell based on a delimiting character
This article demonstrates a macro and a formula that allows you to sort delimited data in a cell or cell […]
Fetching values from ThingSpeak programmatically
Picture above shows cheap chinese IoT modules: a temp sensor and an esp8266-01 (25 mm x 15 mm) Thingspeak […]
Count cells based on background color programmatically
This article demonstrates a VBA macro that counts cells based on their background color. What's on this page Question VBA […]
An Excel table allows you to easily sort, filter and sum values in a data set where values are related.
Rotating unique groups with no repeat
This article demonstrates a formula What's on this page Question Formula Array formula Explaining array formula Get the Excel File […]
I have built a sheet to track time at work. It is very simple, there are 13 sheets, one for […]
How to generate a round-robin tournament
This article demonstrates macros that create different types of round-robin tournaments. Table of contents Basic schedule - each team plays […]
Extract cell references from a formula
This article demonstrates a User Defined Function that allows you to extract cell references from a formula in a given […]
How to extract rows containing digits [Formula]
This article describes a formula that returns all rows containing at least one digit 0 (zero) to 9. What's on […]
This article describes how to build a calendar showing all days in a chosen month with corresponding scheduled events. What's […]
List permutations with repetition and how many to choose from
This article demonstrates a macro that lets you create a list of permutations, repetitions are allowed, based on a number […]
A dialog box is an excellent alternative to a userform, they are built-in to VBA and can save you time […]
List all permutations with a condition
I got a question a while ago about permutations, in essence how to find every permutation between 0 and 9 […]
How to use Pivot Tables – Excel’s most powerful feature and also least known
A pivot table allows you to examine data more efficiently, it can summarize large amounts of data very quickly and is very easy to use.
Working with ARRAY VARIABLES (VBA)
This post will teach you how to work with Excel arrays in visual basic for applications (VBA). Why do you […]
How to calculate and plot pivots on an Excel chart
If you study a stock chart you will discover that sometimes significant trend reversals happen when a stock chart […]
Count identical values if they are on the same row
This article describes a formula that counts values in two columns if they are duplicates on the same row. What's […]
Compare two columns in different worksheets
This article describes an array formula that compares values from two different columns in two worksheets twice and returns a […]
Sort values by corresponding text arranged in a column
This article describes a formula that sorts values arranged in a column from A to z by every other value. […]
Sort items by adjacent number in every other value
This article demonstrates a formula that sorts items arranged horizontally based on the adjacent numbers, every other column contains a […]
The ROUND function calculates a rounded number based on the number of digits you specify. Formula in cell D3: =ROUND(B3, […]
How to use the MROUND function
The MROUND function calculates a number rounded to a given multiple. Formula in cell D3: =MROUND(B3,C3) Excel Function Syntax MROUND(number, […]
Multiply numbers in each row with remaining rows in cell range (UDF)
This article demonstrates a User Defined Function (UDF) that multiplies numbers in each row with the remaining rows in a […]
Resize a range of values (UDF)
The User Defined Function (UDF) demonstrated in this article, resizes a given range to columns or rows you specify. This […]
How to use the OFFSET function
The OFFSET function returns a reference to a range that is a given number of rows and columns from a […]
Follow stock market trends – trailing stop
This time I want to demonstrate an alternative way to identify a major trend in the stock market. The previous post […]
How to add horizontal line to chart
This tutorial shows you how to add a horizontal/vertical line to a chart. Excel allows you to combine two types […]
Follow stock market trends – Moving Average
In my previous post, I described how to build a dynamic stock chart that lets you easily adjust the date […]
This stock chart built in Excel allows you to change the date range and the chart is instantly updated. What's […]
Find and return the highest number and corresponding date based on a condition
This article describes how to filter records based on the maximum value of a specific item. There are names in […]
Excel chart problem: Hard to read series values
It might be impossible to read the smaller series values on the y-axis if you have two series of data […]
A beginners guide to Excel array formulas
Array formulas allows you to do advanced calculations not possible with regular formulas.
Highlight a column in a stacked column chart
This interactive chart allows you to select a country by press with left mouse button oning on a spin button. […]
How to color chart bars based on their values
(Chart data is made up) This article demonstrates two ways to color chart bars and chart columns based on their […]
Calculate date given weekday and week number
This article demonstrates a formula that returns a date based on a week number and a weekday like Sun to […]
Improve your X Y Scatter Chart with custom data labels
The picture above shows a chart that has custom data labels, they are linked to specific cell values. This means […]
How to use the TRANSPOSE function
The transpose function allows you to convert a vertical range to a horizontal range, or vice versa. A vertical range […]
Calculate time between time zones
This article demonstrates how to build a time zone chart and calculate times different than your time zone. The worksheet […]
Find and replace strings in file names, folder name and subfolders
The following two macros FindReplace() and Recursive() let you rename files and folders recursively based on a search string. The […]
Sum numerical ranges between two numbers
This article explains how to build an array formula that sums numerical ranges. Example, I want to know how to […]
The PV function calculates the net present value for an investment or loan. PV stands for present value. Formula in […]
Unzip files in folder and subfolders
The VBA macro demonstrated in this article lets you unzip all zip files in a folder to a destination folder […]
Sort based on frequency row-wise
In this article, I will demonstrate two techniques for counting per row. The first example is simple and straightforward. The […]
Count overlapping days in multiple date ranges, part 2
In the previous post I explained how to count overlapping dates comparing a single date range against multiple date ranges. […]
Count overlapping days in multiple date ranges
The MEDIAN function lets you count overlapping dates between two date ranges. If you have more than two date ranges […]
How to use the COUNTIF function
Counts the number of cells that meet a specific condition.