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Excel, Array formulae

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by - delegate Shanika [1 post] (2007 Sep 21 Fri, 16:22) Reply

When is it useful to use array formulae?

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RE: Excel, Array formulae

by - trainer Anthony gold contributer [113 posts] (2007 Sep 25 Tue, 15:21) Reply

Hi Shanika. Basically, you use an array formula whenever you want to perform a calculation based on a range of cells. The simplest array formula is, for example "=SUM(A1:A10)" in which those cell values are loaded into memory, added, and the result outputted into the formula cell. Arrays become even more important when programming, to perform functions on a (sometimes incredibly long) series of variables held in memory.

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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