Using the lookup table device in a PSoC left me a little confused with all the options. So I used Excel to help me out. It is no secret to my legions of followers (Hi, Mom!) that I enjoy working with ...

Sync your drop-down menus with table headers using this robust, auto-expanding Named Range trick.

How to use wildcards with the XLOOKUP() function in Excel Your email has been sent Microsoft Excel’s XLOOKUP() is powerful, but combined with wildcards, it’s also flexible. Lookup functions are great ...

What’s the state abbreviation for Arkansas? Is it AR? AK? AS? Maybe you’ve got a data frame with the information. Or any info where there’s one column with categories, and another column with values.

Merge lists even with typos and inconsistent names. Tune the similarity threshold, use a transform table, and audit results ...

See how to join two data sets by one or more common columns using base R’s merge function, dplyr join functions, and the speedy data.table package. R has a number of quick, elegant ways to join data ...

I'm trying to convert what was a Select Case to a Lookup Table. The Select Case was roughly 60K lines, so 30K of lookups (Int32, String). The problem is the editor is DAMNED SLOW. Every time I make an ...

Advanced list solutions are easy thanks to Excel's Table object. If you need a dynamic list, try one of these techniques. The article Five ways to take advantage of Excel list features showed five ...