Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

This is my simple way to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel to find data fast. I walk through how I use VLOOKUP to look up inventory amounts from a table. This helps me quickly check how many items we ...

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

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Zoom is a display tool that expands the view of the selected waveform. The source trace can be expanded horizontally and vertically for detailed visual analysis or further processing. Each zoom trace ...

With a 20-foot wingspan and designed to carry a one-ton warhead, the Ukrainian-built ‘Flamingo’ cruise missile can cause serious damage deep inside Russia territory. Here’s what we know about it.