Master These Advanced Excel Formulas for Instant Results

Excel formulas can transform complex data analysis into simple calculations, but most users stick to basic SUM and AVERAGE functions. Learn these advanced formulas that will make you the Excel expert in your office.

Powerful Lookup Formulas

XLOOKUP is the new king of lookup functions (Excel 2019+). It’s more flexible than VLOOKUP and handles errors better:
=XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, [if_not_found])
For older Excel versions, master INDEX/MATCH combinations for dynamic lookups.

Text Manipulation Magic

Use CONCATENATE and TEXTJOIN to combine text intelligently. LEFT, RIGHT, MID functions extract specific parts of text. SUBSTITUTE and REPLACE clean up messy data instantly.

Date and Time Calculations

DATEDIF calculates the difference between dates in various units. WORKDAY and NETWORKDAYS handle business day calculations. EOMONTH finds the last day of any month.

Pro Tip: Use F9 to evaluate parts of complex formulas. Select any part of a formula and press F9 to see the result, then press Ctrl+Z to undo and continue editing.