How do you format a cell that contains text like 1st Jan 2022 into a cell that Google Sheets can recognize as a date cell? There are certain types of date formats that can prevent the automatic import of data into Google Sheets into dates. One recent data type I had to deal with was …
How do you sort a range containing dates in Google Sheets? Sorting a data set in columns or rows containing date data in Google Sheets can easily be done by highlighting the range and then clicking on Data > Sort Range > Advanced range sorting options, as shown below: If the Sort Range option is …
The SWITCH() function in Google Sheets is handy when dealing with multiple criteria based on a single result. The SWITCH() function takes at least 3 parameters, with the first parameter being the value to evaluate, the second and third parameter representing a pair of combined cases and values. There’s also an optional final parameter that …
If a cell contains words it can be easy to split these into individual cells using the Text to columns feature in Excel. Simply select the cells you want to split into multiple columns, navigate to the Data menu then click on the Text to Columns button. From this Text Wizard window select Delimited width …
When using large numbers in Excel or any other spreadsheet application, such as Google Sheets, some cells may display a number in scientific notation like 9.991E+35. How do you get rid of that E+n bit, where n is some number, in the cell? A 1 9.997E+11=9999^3 Large number in cell The easiest way to change …
The VLOOKUP formula is a popular function for getting the value from a tabular data set and has 3 required parameters and an optional fourth, and looks something like this: The first parameter reference_value is the value you are searching for in the first column of your data set (the second parameter). The third parameter …
