The core of the problem in Excel isn't that it lacks regex functionality. Indeed, in 2024, Microsoft introduced REGEXEXTRACT, ...

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Power users love to talk about how powerful and awesome Excel is, what with its Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and Boolean logic. But many of us barely know how to find the Autosum feature, let alone ...

Q. Could you explain how the UNIQUE function works in Excel? A. Excel’s UNIQUE is a dynamic array function that can be an essential tool for data analysts and accountants. This function allows users ...

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); ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...