In Excel, the RAND function generates a random number ... Also, change the Term (in months) to Term (in years) in column E—for example, instead of 360 months for the House Loan, enter 30 years.

A function is a built-in formula in Excel — basically ... with subsequent columns numbered 2, 3, and so on. In this example, we’ll look up what region our employees work in.

The syntax for the SORTBY function in Excel is both straightforward ... where the data will go. In this example, I've copied and pasted the column headers to cells G1 to K1, and I've adjusted ...

In such cases, Excel's LOOKUP function can be extremely ... or bottom-to-top for more flexibility. For example, suppose you have a dataset where column A contains employee names and column ...

Let’s use the UNIQUE function in one more example. This time the dataset we ... One, we can have Excel return the unique list of first and last names in two columns. We still only need to create one ...

The real power here is that you can substitute MAX() with just about any Excel function. For example, Figure B shows the sum of columns D and E. I changed the array reference from [Date ...

Microsoft Excel provides numerous mathematical functions that save ... value by a set number. For example, if you have input the original values in column A, you can use "=PRODUCT(A2,0.25 ...