The ABS function is fully automatic. All you need to do is supply a number and ABS will return the absolute value.
If you only need to convert negative numbers once, you can convert in-place with...Read more
In this example, the goal is to answer the question "What percentage of students were absent from each class". In other words, given a class with 30 students total, 27 of which were present, we want to return 10% absent. The general formula for this calculation, where "x" is the percent absent...Read more
The TRANSPOSE function automatically transposes values in a horizontal orientation to vertical orientation and vice versa.
However, if a source cell is blank (empty) TRANSPOSE will output a zero. To fix that problem, this formula contains an IF function that checks first to see if a cell...Read more
At the core, this formula uses the WEEKDAY function to test a number of dates to see if they land on a given day of week (dow) and the SUMPRODUCT function to tally up the total.
When given a date,...Read more
In this example, the goal is to retrieve the lowest 3 scores in column D that appear in a given group, entered as a variable in cell F5. If the group is changed, the formulas should calculate new results. The core of the solution is the SMALL function, which can be used to retrieve the "nth...Read more
In this example, the goal is to retrieve the top 3 scores in column D that appear in a given group, entered as a variable in cell F5. If the group is changed, the formulas should calculate new results. The core of the solution is the LARGE function, which can be used to retrieve the "nth"...Read more
When working with Excel, there are times when you need to determine if a range of cells is empty. This can be useful in various scenarios, such as data validation, error checking, or report preparation. In this article, we'll explore a couple of formulas that can help you check if all cells in a...Read more
In this example, the goal is to split the text strings in column B, which contain three dimensions in the form "L x W x H", into 3 separate dimensions. One problem with dimensions entered as text is that they can't be used for any kind of...Read more
The table contains basic order information, with columns for Date, Product, Name, and Amount. The Helper column is used to create a special lookup value, as explained below. The goal is to retrieve the nth matching record in a table for a specific product, which is entered in cell I4. For...Read more
The goal is to retrieve the nth matching record in a table when targeting a specific product. For example, if the value in cell H4 is "A", the formula in H7 should return the name "John", since this is the first name in the table associated with product "A". In the same way, the...Read more
