There are many ways to find and retrieve data from a table or range based on a lookup value. In fact, because Microsoft often comes up with new, modernized alternatives, there are too many ways! So, ...

For many, the INDEX-XMATCH combination in Excel is the go-to method for retrieving a value from a dataset. However, you can also use this dynamic duo to perform two-way lookups, returning a value at ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

We've been writing a lot about Microsoft Excel formulas. The program is the gold standard of programs. It's elegant, ubiquitous, and outstandingly powerful. American business lives and dies by the ...

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