Functions
Excel functions are powerful tools that enhance the capabilities of spreadsheets by performing complex calculations and data manipulations with ease. These built-in formulas allow users to automate tasks, analyze data, and derive insights without the need for manual computations. Understanding Excel functions is essential for maximizing the potential of Excel and streamlining your workflow.
The power of LAMBDA
Meet LAMBDA(). Enter the formula wrapped in a LAMBDA-function, place it in a defined name, and call upon the calculation from different places in your spreadsheet.
Excel functions
An Excel function is a preset formula, that helps perform mathematical, statistical and logical operations.
Prefer INDEX and MATCH over VLOOKUP
The combination of INDEX and MATCH, as well as the VLOOKUP function are well known methods for search in Excel. To our great frustration, the latter is used a lot more often, while the combination of INDEX and MATCH is less error prone and a lot more efficient.
MATCH
The MATCH function in Excel looks for a certain value in a specified lineair cell range and returns the relative position of that value within this range.
Array functions belong to the past
Long ago, Excel was not as clever and advanced as it is today, and the so-called array functions are an inheritance of this past. However, most people don’t know about them, and don’t understand them. This is perhaps because of the different nature or the strange method to activate these formulas (CTRL-SHIFT ENTER instead of just ENTER).
Italian to English
List of Excel function translations from Italian to English for if you’re familiar with the Italian version of Excel and you have to work with the English version.