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How do you sort a Python list alphabetically? There are two easy ways to sort a list in Python: using the standard sorted() function or using the .sort() list method. Assuming you have a list of strings you can apply either method to sort the list alphabetically. If you have a list of numbers and strings you can use the parameter key to change all values within the list to a str data type and then perform the necessary sort (more on that later). ...

Can a Google Sheets drop-down list in a cell allow you to do multiple select? Google Sheets doesn’t natively support the ability to select more than one item on a drop-down list in a cell, but there is a way where you can click an item in the drop-down list and have the clicked item populate the active cell. Here’s an example of what this would look like: Create Your Drop Down List First, create your drop-down list of items by selecting the cell, or range of cells, where the drop-down list will be available. ...

How do you check if a cell is empty or blank in Google Sheets? There is a handy function called ISBLANK which enables you to check if a cell is empty. What Does Empty Really Mean? In Google Sheets there are two ways of having an empty cell, one way is by defining an empty string "" and another way is by having nothing in that cell. To check that a cell meets these criteria of being “empty” we use the ISBLANK function, like so: ...

In Microsoft Word you can control whether or not you want to see the white space characters in your document. This helps to check you haven’t incorrectly inserted a tab where a space should have gone and vice versa. Generally, a tab is the same width as 4 to 5 spaces provided the font being used equally sizes each character. For example, the Courier font’s tab equals 5 spaces, whereas the Arial font is 11 spaces to each tab when the font size for both is set to 12. ...

When working with NetSuite’s Advanced PDF/HTML Templating system it’s difficult in being able to find documentation on the syntax structure for working with logic in the templates. One of the requirements I had was being able to determine whether the quantity ordered on an item has the same quantity ordered as the previous item. This required the ability to determine that the item being iterated through with the #list function was not the first item (otherwise it wouldn’t have been able to compare to the previous item – as there would be none!) and if the item was NOT the second to be able to compare the previous item’s quantity to its current quantity (if it’s then different to do stuff). ...