📊 50 Essential Excel Formulas Every Professional Should Know

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Unlock the full potential of Excel with these must-know formulas. Whether you're analyzing data, automating tasks, or creating reports, mastering these functions will elevate your spreadsheet skills.

🔢 Basic Calculations

• SUM: =SUM(A1:A5) – Adds up values in a range.

• AVERAGE: =AVERAGE(A1:A10) – Calculates the mean of a range.

• COUNT: =COUNT(A1:A10) – Counts the number of numeric entries.

• MAX: =MAX(A1:A10) – Finds the highest value.

• MIN: =MIN(A1:A10) – Finds the lowest value.(Coursera)

  
  

🔍 Lookup & Reference

• VLOOKUP: =VLOOKUP(B1, A2:D10, 3, FALSE) – Searches for a value in the first column and returns a value in the same row from another column.

• HLOOKUP: =HLOOKUP(B1, A1:D10, 3, FALSE) – Searches for a value in the first row and returns a value in the same column from another row.

• INDEX: =INDEX(A1:A10, 3) – Returns the value of a cell in a specified row and column.

• MATCH: =MATCH(B1, A1:A10, 0) – Searches for a specified value in a range and returns its relative position.

• INDEX-MATCH: =INDEX(A1:A10, MATCH(B1, C1:C10, 0)) – Combines INDEX and MATCH for more flexible lookups.(Coursera)

  
  

🧠 Logical Functions

• IF: =IF(A1 > 10, "Yes", "No") – Returns one value if a condition is true and another if false.

• AND: =AND(A1 > 5, A1 < 10) – Returns TRUE if all conditions are true.

• OR: =OR(A1 = "apple", A1 = "banana") – Returns TRUE if any condition is true.

• NOT: =NOT(A1 = "apple") – Reverses the logic of its argument.

• IFERROR: =IFERROR(A1/B1, "Error") – Returns a custom result when a formula generates an error.(Coursera)

  
  

📝 Text Functions

• CONCATENATE: =CONCATENATE(A1, " ", B1) – Joins two or more text strings into one.

• LEFT: =LEFT(A1, 5) – Extracts the leftmost characters from a text string.

• RIGHT: =RIGHT(A1, 5) – Extracts the rightmost characters from a text string.

• MID: =MID(A1, 2, 3) – Extracts characters from the middle of a text string.

• LEN: =LEN(A1) – Returns the number of characters in a text string.(Nicolas Boucher Online)

  
  

📅 Date & Time

• TODAY: =TODAY() – Returns the current date.

• NOW: =NOW() – Returns the current date and time.

• YEAR: =YEAR(A1) – Extracts the year from a date.

• MONTH: =MONTH(A1) – Extracts the month from a date.

• DAY: =DAY(A1) – Extracts the day from a date.

  
  

📐 Statistical Functions

• ROUND: =ROUND(A1, 2) – Rounds a number to a specified number of digits.

• COUNTIF: =COUNTIF(A1:A10, "apple") – Counts the number of cells that meet a specified condition.

• SUMIF: =SUMIF(A1:A10, ">5") – Adds the cells that meet a specified condition.

• AVERAGEIF: =AVERAGEIF(A1:A10, "<>0") – Calculates the average of cells that meet a specified condition.

• RANK: =RANK(A1, A1:A10, 1) – Returns the rank of a number in a list.

  
  

🔄 Data Transformation

• TRANSPOSE: =TRANSPOSE(A1:D10) – Changes the orientation of a range of cells.

• OFFSET: =OFFSET(A1, 1, 2) – Returns a reference to a range that is a specified number of rows and columns from a cell or range of cells.

• PIVOT TABLE: =PIVOT_TABLE(A1:D10, "Sales", "Region", "Sum") – Summarizes data from a range by creating a pivot table.(Coursera)

  
  

🎯 Bonus Formulas

• RAND: =RAND() – Returns a random number between 0 and 1.

• CHOOSE: =CHOOSE(B1, "Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3") – Chooses a value from a list of values based on an index number.

  
  

For a comprehensive visual guide, download the full Excel Formulas Cheat Sheet here: (Coursera)

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