Find out how many times a value is present in a cell [formulas]
Here is an interesting problem to start your day.
Let’s say you work as DNA sequencing engineer at The Enterprise. And you just unlocked the sequence that is responsible for all male problems. The early onset of baldness. The sequence code is AAAA. And you want to find out how many times this sequence is found in a sample of DNA strings, in the range B6:B19. Essentially you want the above.
So how do you write the formula?
On / Off conditional formatting with this simple trick
Here is a quick & awesome way to make your dashboards sexy. Add an on / off switch to your conditional formats.
Take a look at above demo to understand what I mean.
What is the sum of values excluding items on stop list? [home work]
Okay, this is an extension of the Neither “A” Nor “B” sum problem we discussed few days back.
Imagine you have a table named mydata with a few columns and a stop list named stop.list as shown above.
How would you calculate,
- Sum of Hours for all activities excluding those in stop list?
- Sum of all Regular hours for activities not in stop list?
So go ahead and post your answers in the comments.
Sum up neither “A” nor “B” values – How to use DSUM function in Excel [video]
We know how to use SUMIFS function to answer questions like, “What is the sum of values for ‘A’?” But how would you answer questions like,
- What is the sum of values that are neither “A” nor “B”?
We can still use SUMIFS, but it will get awfully long. So let’s turn our attention to other functions in Excel.
Show more of your workbook on screens [quick tip]
Ever wanted to show your workbook to someone and felt that you had less screen real estate? This tip will help you get more out of your workbook.
So how to get 50% more space for your workbooks?
Simple, just follow these steps.
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Readers Edition
Over the last month we have seen some Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks presented by some of the best Excel practitioners on the internet.
In this final post of the series we highlight the Readers Contributions.
SUMPRODUCT – Beginner to Advanced [Master Class]
This is second episode of our Monthly Master Class.
In this one, you will learn all about SUMPRODUCT. Know all about basics to advanced usage of this powerful & versatile formula in this 98 minute master class.