69. SMALL, LARGE
FORMULA
RETURNS THE NTH SMALLEST OR
RETURNS THE NTH SMALLEST OR
LARGEST VALUE IN A DATA SET
ACCORDING TO A PARTICULAR
RELATIVE STANDING
70. WE WILL GET THE FIRST, SECOND
& THIRD SMALLEST VALUE
IN THIS EXAMPLE
77. HIGLIGHT THE TABLE CONTAINING
THE SALES FIGURES AND HIT F4
TO LOCK IN THE DATA RANGE AND TYPE ,
78. TYPE 1 TO GET THE FIRST LARGEST
VALUE AND HIT ENTER
79. REPEAT THE SAME STEPS. TYPE IN 2 & 3
TO GET THE SECOND & THIRD SMALLEST
VALUE FOR CELLS E4 & E5 RESPECTIVELY
END
80. NETWORKDAYS
FORMULA
GET THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
GET THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
WORKING DAYS IN A GIVEN PERIOD
OF TIME EXCLUDING SATURDAYS,
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS(OPTIONAL)
105. EXTRACT TEXT FROM
A SINGLE CELL
WE WILL EXTRACT THE DATA FOUND
IN COLUMN A AND PUT IT SEPARATELY
IN COLUMNS B & C
106. IN THIS EXAMPLE, EACH CELL IN THE
DATA RANGE HAS A VARIABLE NUMBER
OF CHARACTERS AND
A COMMON DELIMITER (BLANK SPACE)
107. DELIMITER
A BLANK SPACE, COMMA OR
OTHER CHARACTER OR SYMBOL
THAT INDICATES
THAT INDICATES
THE BEGINNING OR
END OF A
CHARACTER STRING,
WORD OR DATA ITEM
108. WE’LL FIRST EXTRACT THE
FIRST NAME FROM THE
DATA FOUND IN COLUMN A
AND PUT IT IN COLUMN B
AND PUT IT IN COLUMN B
USING THE
LEFT AND SEARCH FUNCTION
109. LEFT FUNCTION
RETURNS A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF
RETURNS A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF
CHARACTERS FROM THE START
OF A SUPPLIED TEXT STRING
110. SEARCH FUNCTION
RETURNS THE POSITION
OF THE SPECIFIED CHARACTER
OF THE SPECIFIED CHARACTER
OR SUB-STRING WITHIN
A TEXT STRING AND
IS NOT CASE SENSITIVE
120. LEN FUNCTION
RETURNS THE LENGTH
RETURNS THE LENGTH
OF A SUPPLIED TEXT STRING
INCLUDING BLANK SPACES
121. SEARCH FUNCTION
RETURNS THE POSITION
OF THE SPECIFIED CHARACTER
OF THE SPECIFIED CHARACTER
OR SUB-STRING WITHIN
A TEXT STRING AND
IS NOT CASE SENSITIVE
134. AND FUNCTION
TESTS A NUMBER OF
SUPPLIED CONDITION/S
AND RETURNS THE RESULT OF
AND RETURNS THE RESULT OF
TRUE IF ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ARE MET
OR
FALSE IF ANY OF THE CONDITIONS ARE
NOT MET
135. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO USE
THE AND FUNCTION TO TEST
IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS
PERFECT ATTENDANCE OR NOT
136. WE WANT THE RESULTS IN COLUMN D
TO RETURN TRUE IF THE EMPLOYEE
HAS PERFECT ATTENDANCE,
HAS PERFECT ATTENDANCE,
OTHERWISE FALSE IF THE EMPLOYEE
WORKED LESS THAN 20 DAYS
144. OR FUNCTION
TESTS A NUMBER OF
SUPPLIED CONDITION/S
AND RETURNS THE RESULT OF
AND RETURNS THE RESULT OF
TRUE IF ANY OF THE CONDITIONS ARE MET
OR
FALSE IF ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ARE
NOT MET
145. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO USE
THE OR FUNCTION TO TEST IF THE
TARGET SALES ARE MET
146. WE WANT THE RESULTS IN COLUMN D
TO RETURN TRUE IF THE ACTUAL SALES
IS EQUAL(=) OR GREATER(>) THAN
THE SET TARGET, OTHERWISE
FALSE IF ACTUAL SALES
IS LESSER (<)THAN THE SET TARGET
175. ADD OR SUBTRACT
# OF DAY/S IN EXCEL
IN CASE WE WANT TO KNOW
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
ADD OR SUBTRACT A
NUMBER OF DAY/S
TO A GIVEN DATE
176. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO
ADD 10 DAYS TO THE DATE IN CELL A2
FOR CELL B2
186. ADD OR SUBTRACT
# OF week/s IN EXCEL
IN CASE WE WANT TO KNOW
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
ADD OR SUBTRACT
WHOLE NUMBER OF WEEK/S
TO A GIVEN DATE
187. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO
ADD 3 WEEKS TO THE DATE IN CELL A2
FOR CELL B2
197. ADD OR SUBTRACT
# OF MONTH/S IN EXCEL
IN CASE WE WANT TO KNOW
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE
ADD OR SUBTRACT
WHOLE NUMBER OF MONTH/S
TO A GIVEN DATE
198. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO
ADD 19 MONTHS TO THE DATE IN CELL A2
FOR CELL B2
216. IF ERROR FORMULA
USED TO TRAP ERRORS IN A FORMULA
AND CAN RETURN A SPECIAL VALUE
AND CAN RETURN A SPECIAL VALUE
YOU SPECIFY IF A FORMULA PRODUCES
AN ERROR. OTHERWISE, THE FORMULA
RESULT IS RETURNED
217. YOU CAN USE IFERROR FORMULA
TO CORRECT THE FOLLOWING ERRORS:
#VALUE!
#N/A
#NAME?
#NAME?
#REF!
#NUM!
#DIV/0!
AND #NULL!
218. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A TABLE THAT
SHOWS AN EMPLOYEE’S SALARY AND
IT’S CORRESPONDING TAX RATE
219. SOME EMPLOYEES ARE TAX EXEMPT
BECAUSE THEIR SALARIES DO NOT
MEET THE TAXABLE AMOUNT
220. WE’LL USE THE IFERROR FORMULA
TO REPLACE THOSE WITH #N/A RESULTS
WITH THE WORD “TAX EXEMPT”
