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AVEDEV Function in Excel: Average Distance From the Mean

12 Mar 2021 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

AVEDEV Function in Excel: Average Distance From the Mean

AVEDEV is the average of absolute deviations — an easier-to-explain measure of spread than standard deviation (“on average we are off by 12 units”).

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12 March 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

DEVSQ Function in Excel: Sum of Squared Deviations

7 Mar 2021 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

DEVSQ Function in Excel: Sum of Squared Deviations

DEVSQ adds up how far each value is from the mean, squared. It is the raw ingredient of variance and of ANOVA tables.

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7 March 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

VAR.P Function in Excel: Variance of a Whole Population

2 Mar 2021 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

VAR.P Function in Excel: Variance of a Whole Population

VAR.P is the population version of VAR.S: it divides by n, not n−1. Use it when the data is everything there is — all…

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2 March 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

Dynamic Arrays in Excel: SORT, FILTER and UNIQUE in Plain English

23 Feb 2021 · Excel Formulas · 1 min read

Dynamic Arrays in Excel: SORT, FILTER and UNIQUE in Plain English

Excel 365’s dynamic arrays let one formula return a whole list. Learn SORT, FILTER, UNIQUE and SEQUENCE with practical examples, the # spill reference…

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23 February 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Formulas

VBA String Functions: Left, Mid, InStr, Replace, Split and More

VBA String Functions: Left, Mid, InStr, Replace, Split and More

21 Feb 2021 · Excel VBA · 2 min read

VBA String Functions: Left, Mid, InStr, Replace, Split and More

Clean and reshape text in Excel VBA with Left, Right, Mid, Len, InStr, Replace, Trim, UCase, Split and Join — with real data-cleaning examples.

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21 February 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

STOCKHISTORY Function in Excel: Historical Share Prices

9 Feb 2021 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

STOCKHISTORY Function in Excel: Historical Share Prices

STOCKHISTORY fetches daily, weekly or monthly prices for a stock or currency pair into a spill range.

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9 February 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

VBA Loops Explained: For, For Each, Do While and Do Until

VBA Loops Explained: For, For Each, Do While and Do Until

7 Feb 2021 · Excel VBA · 3 min read

VBA Loops Explained: For, For Each, Do While and Do Until

Learn every Excel VBA loop — For…Next, For Each, Do While, Do Until — when to use each, how to exit early, and how…

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7 February 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

5 Handy VBA Macros: Mod, Second Highest, Sum by Colour and Delete Blank Rows

5 Handy VBA Macros: Mod, Second Highest, Sum by Colour and Delete Blank Rows

31 Jan 2021 · Excel VBA · 3 min read

5 Handy VBA Macros: Mod, Second Highest, Sum by Colour and Delete Blank Rows

Five small, useful Excel VBA macros explained: the Mod operator, finding the second highest value, summing by cell colour, deleting blank rows and highlighting…

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31 January 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

Decisions in VBA: If…Then, And/Or and Select Case

Decisions in VBA: If…Then, And/Or and Select Case

24 Jan 2021 · Excel VBA · 3 min read

Decisions in VBA: If…Then, And/Or and Select Case

Make Excel macros decide: If…Then…ElseIf, logical operators And/Or/Not, and Select Case — with real examples and common mistakes.

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24 January 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

Format Cells with VBA: Fonts, Colours, Borders and Number Formats

Format Cells with VBA: Fonts, Colours, Borders and Number Formats

17 Jan 2021 · Excel VBA · 2 min read

Format Cells with VBA: Fonts, Colours, Borders and Number Formats

Format Excel cells from VBA: fonts, fill colours, borders, number and date formats, alignment and conditional formatting — with copy-paste examples.

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17 January 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

Excel VBA Variables and Data Types: A Practical Guide

Excel VBA Variables and Data Types: A Practical Guide

3 Jan 2021 · Excel VBA · 3 min read

Excel VBA Variables and Data Types: A Practical Guide

Learn how to declare variables in Excel VBA, choose the right data type, use Option Explicit, and avoid the mistakes that cause type mismatch…

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3 January 2021 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

DELTA Function in Excel: Are Two Numbers Equal?

14 Dec 2020 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

DELTA Function in Excel: Are Two Numbers Equal?

DELTA returns 1 if two numbers are equal and 0 otherwise — easy to SUM for a count of matches.

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14 December 2020 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

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