Turns out half my old formulas were just dynamic arrays in disguise, written the long way.

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 ...

When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

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 ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

Q. I get a detailed revenue transaction export from the client, and then I get it again, revised, usually after I’ve already filtered, sorted, and documented my selections. I’m tired of reapplying ...

You don’t need more effort; you need better formulas.

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.