This character “*” (Asterisk)  is used to denote any text within a cell. 1. If you use the formula =COUNTIF(range, “*”) then it will count the numbers of cells having any text within range. 2. If you use =COUNTIF(range, “CEMENT*”) …

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The INDEX function returns a value or reference of the cell at the intersection of a particular row and column, in a given range. Syntax of this function is INDEX(array, row_num, [column_num]) The array is required, If the array contains only one …

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Hi, friend today I will show you how to make an automatically updating Gantt chart without using an Excel chart. Here I am making a program schedule with this criteria Activity no, Description, Start Date, End Date, and Days (shown …

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What is WORKDAY? This function returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays. Syntax of the function is =WORKDAY (start_date, days, [holidays]) where, start_date is the date from which to start. days is the working days …

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DEC2OCT converts the Decimal number system to the Octal number system. Syntax of this function is DEC2OCT( number, [places] ) where number is the number in decimal format. [places] is optional, which specifies the number of characters that you want the returned octal number to have. If omitted …

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