Sometimes a seemingly simple visual can be difficult to convey with a built-in Excel chart. I present here such an example. For instance, I will describe how and why to create an Overlapping Column Chart, aka 100% Overlapping Column Chart in Excel. It can also be turned into an Overlapping Bar chart. Say, we have […]
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How To Pick Rows Or Columns, And Combine Them With Other Functions For Powerful Uses. Part 2
In this post, I’ll share an Excel function that enables us to easily pick specific number of rows and/or columns from a range of data. Additionally, I’ll share examples of how it can be combined with other functions to do some powerful tasks. The function I am discussing here is: DROP(). In another blog, I discuss […]
How to pick rows or columns, and combine them with other functions for powerful uses
In this post, I’ll share an Excel function that enables us to easily pick specific number of rows and/or columns from a range of data. Additionally, I’ll share examples of how it can be combined with other functions to do some powerful tasks. The function I am discussing here is: TAKE(). In the next blog, […]
Euro 2024 Analyzed with Visuals
Introduction With the summer of soccer, beautiful football having come to an end, let’s dive into some team and player statistics and assay the tournament. I have collected various stats and facts, and organized them into a digestible format as a tribute to the fantastic players and the tournament. In this post, I’ll cover some […]
Division, Floor Division (Python)
In Python, the single forward slash ‘/’ performs a floating-point division unless you’re using Python 2.x,in which case it performs an integer division with integer operands. The double forward slash //, on the other hand, forces a floor division operator which performs an integer division and returnsthe largest integer less than or equal to the […]
GENETIC QUIRKS OF THE WORLD 2024
Here are some interesting facts (oddities?) from around the world and their associated visuals in Excel. Data source: worlpopulationreview.com Data rounded to nearest single decimal digit when applicable.
Generate Bar Codes, QR Codes in Excel: Quick & Easy Way
In this post, I’ll show you a quick, easy, and a free method that you can use today to generate QR codes, bar codes in UPC-A, UPC-E formats, and custom bar codes based on the product information you enter in Excel as text. How it works Two things are at play here that make it […]
How to calculate streaks in Excel
Streaks refer to trends in the data. These can be linear, exponential, damped, seasonal, irregular/random, stationary, or cyclical. Streaks are important for several reasons: There isn’t any built-in function in Excel for calculating streaks, but there different ways we can make Excel do some of that heavy-lifting by using a combination of functions such as […]
What’s Your Chart Signature? Graphing a name in Excel
Have you ever wondered: how does my name look like if plotted in Excel? Well, wonder no more. In this post, I’ll show you how to enter any name (or any string of characters) and plot it in dynamically to make your unique name come alive as a chart. To make it fully dynamic, I […]
Data cleansing challenge: non-ASCII characters
Non-ASCII characters can pose challenges in data cleansing for several reasons: Therefore, it’s a good practice to standardize or normalize text data to ASCII when possible, or ensure correct handling of non-ASCII characters. This helps to maintain data integrity and simplifies subsequent data processing tasks. Superscripts, subscripts, or “special” characters often look like ascii characters […]