In addition to the new SORT function, you may also find the new FILTER and UNIQUE array functions useful. For example, the worksheet on the next page contains a detailed listing of invoices in columns ...

Microsoft adds Dynamic Arrays to Excel to make formulas more capable Microsoft is making some improvements to how formulas work in Excel, with a new feature called Dynamic Arrays that allows formulas ...

Microsoft Excel’s dynamic array function XLOOKUP() might completely replace VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP(). Microsoft Excel’s lookup functions are powerful but often misunderstood because they have a few ...

Reshaping a two-dimensional array of data into a single column or row in Microsoft Excel streamlines the layout of your figures and makes for more efficient sorting and filtering. For these reasons, ...

What if you could unlock the full potential of Excel’s dynamic arrays within your tables, making your data management more efficient and powerful? Integrating dynamic arrays within Excel tables can be ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Excel used to only allow two types of data: text and numbers.

Use the RANDARRAY() dynamic array function to return random names or other text in Microsoft Excel. The recent article How to generate random letters in Excel shows you how to generate random letters.

An curved arrow pointing right. {} These brackets mean something magical is happening inside your Excel formula. An "Array" function allows you to perform mathematical operations on many cells instead ...

Recent coverage highlights how Microsoft Excel’s native automation features—such as Power Query, PivotTables, Office Scripts, Flash Fill, and dynamic arrays—can execute data tasks faster than AI ...

lookup_value is the value we want Excel to search for. lookup_array is where we want Excel to search for the lookup value. return_array is where the data exists that we want Excel to return.