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PLAIN-ENGLISH FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

Excel functions in plain English

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VLOOKUPLookup & Reference

Looks up a value in the first column of a table.

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HLOOKUPLookup & Reference

Looks up a value in the first row of a table.

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INDEXLookup & Reference

Returns a value at a position in a range.

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MATCHLookup & Reference

Returns the position of a value in a range.

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CHOOSELookup & Reference

Chooses a value from a list by index.

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CHOOSECOLSLookup & Reference

Returns selected columns from an array.

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CHOOSEROWSLookup & Reference

Returns selected rows from an array.

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TAKELookup & Reference

Returns a specified number of rows or columns.

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DROPLookup & Reference

Removes rows or columns from an array result.

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HSTACKLookup & Reference

Combines arrays horizontally.

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VSTACKLookup & Reference

Combines arrays vertically.

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TOCOLLookup & Reference

Converts an array into one column.

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TOROWLookup & Reference

Converts an array into one row.

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TRANSPOSELookup & Reference

Switches rows and columns.

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TEXTText

Formats a value as text.

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TEXTJOINText

Joins text using a delimiter.

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CONCATText

Combines text values.

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LEFTText

Returns characters from the start of text.

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RIGHTText

Returns characters from the end of text.

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MIDText

Extracts text from a specified position.

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