Regular expressions (or REGEX) are search patterns that can be used to check if a string of text conforms to a given pattern ...

Computer programmers often use parsing programs to convert text into formats that other applications can use. Parsers split items in a text string into separate fields. If, for example, you have a ...

Suppose we have a workbook with employee data (employee names) of an organization, as shown in the above image. Column A contains the first names of the employees, column B contains middle names of ...

Simplify your data transformation by skipping complex parsing expressions and instead using Flash Fill and Power Query in Microsoft Excel. Image: IB Photography/Adobe Stock If you work with imported ...

In this post, we will show you how to capitalize the first letter of a text string in Microsoft Excel. When exporting data to Excel, text strings are often not properly formatted. They may appear in ...

Rarely is formatting perfect when you copy data from external sources into Microsoft Excel. As an example, you might copy business data from an online database only to find unwanted whitespace within ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

How to use Excel formulas to compare multi-column lists Your email has been sent Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting, filtering, and using conditional formatting. When none of ...

You can use Excel to store, organize, and analyze data. Excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet program, a part of the Microsoft 365 suite of products. Here's a crash course in the basics of using Microsoft ...