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The FILTER function extracts every matching record while XLOOKUP only returns the first result.

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Excel's query tool reshapes messy imports into 1NF, so AVERAGEIFS replaces hacks and your summaries run faster.

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I traded the static results of Flash Fill for dynamic formulas that update automatically.

You can make all sorts of different types of inductors, but the most common type is cylindrical coil of wire---a solenoid. When current runs through the first loop, it creates a magnetic field that ...