What "spilling" means
Understand how a formula's list spills into the cells around it, keep its space clear, edit it from its first cell and use the whole list in another formula.
In this lesson
- A formula that returns several values spills them into the cells below and to the right.
- Every cell the list needs must be empty, or the formula shows #SPILL!.
- The list resizes when its data changes. Leave room below it.
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Where it sits in Dynamic arrays
- What "spilling" meansThis lesson9 min
- FILTER rows by a condition11 min
- FILTER with several conditions11 min
- UNIQUE values10 min
- SORT and SORTBY11 min
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The steps
11 steps: 3 explanations, 5 Do this, 3 questions, then Your turn.
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