When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.

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The tilde isn't the only sign you need to understand to truly get your head around Excel's inner workings. For example, the at (@) sign returns a single row value instead of spilling an array, the ...