A lot of programming languages these days feature lambda functions, or what I would be just as happy to call anonymous functions. Some people make a big deal out of these but the core idea is very ...

What is lambda? You may know that it’s the eleventh letter in the Greek alphabet. Perhaps you recall from Physics that it’s the symbol used to represent wavelength in calculations, or you might have ...

A first-hand, step-by-step look at the ease and simplicity of Amazon's "function as a service" platform Why would a developer use AWS Lambda? In a word, simplicity. AWS Lambda—and other event-driven, ...

Get an overview of AWS Lambda's nanoservices architecture and execution model, then build your first Lambda function in Java Serverless computing may be the hottest thing in cloud computing today, but ...

How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel Your email has been sent Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one result value for each function or formula.

Have you ever stared at a tangled web of Excel formulas, wondering if there’s a better way to make sense of it all? For many, Excel’s LAMBDA function feels like a cryptic puzzle—powerful but ...

Q. There are formulas that I am repeatedly having to create in my Excel workbook, and there are no built-in functions in Excel that can do these calculations. Is there a quicker way to reuse the same ...

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