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Maximum change

In the example shown, the goal is to calculate the maximum difference between the "High" values in column C and the "Low" values in column D. Because the difference between High and Low is not part of the data, the calculation must occur in the formula itself. This is a classic example of...Read more

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TEXTBEFORE Function

The TEXTBEFORE function extracts text that occurs before a given delimiter. When multiple delimiters appear in the text, TEXTBEFORE can return text before the nth occurrence of a delimiter. TEXTBEFORE can also extract text that occurs before a given delimiter when counting...Read more

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