The goal in this example is to calculate a cost of living (COLA) adjustment for each of the eleven years shown, starting on the second year. The actual adjustment percentage is entered in cell F6, which is the named range cola. Each year, the adjustment should be applied to the...Read more
The goal of this example is to sum amounts by fiscal year, when the fiscal year begins in July. The first approach is a self-contained formula based on the SUMPRODUCT function. The second method uses SUMIF with column D as a helper column. Either approach will work correctly, and the best option...Read more
LAMBDA function can be used to create custom, reusable functions in Excel. This example illustrates a feature called recursion, in which a function calls itself. Recursion can be used to create elegant, compact, non-redundant code. This example is...Read more
The goal in this example is to calculate total wins, losses, and ties for each team listed in column G. The problem is complicated somewhat by the fact that a team can appear in either column B or C, so we need to take this into account when calculating...Read more
In this example, the goal is to list the next n upcoming birthdays from a larger set of 25 birthdays based on the current date. The set of birthdays are in an Excel Table named data in the range B5:C29. In the example shown, we are using 7 for...Read more
In this example, the goal is to sort a list of names and birthdays by month and year. The complication is that the birthdays also include a birth year, so if we try to sort the raw data by birthdays, we'll end up with a list of birthdays sorted first by year. We will actually see the oldest...Read more
In this example, the goal is to return a number, 1-12, for any month name of the year. For example, given the string "January" we want to return 1, "February" should return 2, and so on. If we had a valid Excel date, we could use a...Read more
The goal of this example is to look up the correct astrological or zodiac sign for a given birthdate, using the table shown in B5:F15. These are based on the Western zodiac signs described here. Zodiac signs are used in horoscopes,...Read more
The goal of this example is to count rows in the data where the date joined falls between start and end dates (inclusive) and the age also falls into the age ranges seen in column G. The formula is complicated somewhat by the fact that the age range labels are actually text, so we need to...Read more
