Excel's New LAMBDA function

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firlandsfarm
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Hi guys, I think this post may be of interest to those who use or would like to use Excel with BA but haven't learned VBA ... just like me! :)

I picked up yesterday that Excel 2021 will have LAMBDA and LET functions. It seems very interesting for all of us challenged by VBA coding. From what I can grasp the LAMBDA function allows the user to create custom functions in Excel using basic Excel inputs ... no VBA! It also allows the custom function to call itself! What? Yep, call itself and that means you can set up 'loops'.

There are already many Youtube video and Excel help website reviews, try this one as an example. As one guy in another video says he has never known so many videos and function reviews to be published within a few days of the beta release, some describe it as one of the most important releases ever.

As well as the obvious functionality it provides it also speeds up execution because the formula is only stored once and not repeated in every cell. I think after some analysis of it's power it will help non VBA users significantly.

I understand it is expected to go on general release later this year. Have fun. :)
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ODPaul82
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It is certainly an interesting formula and will make a lot of peoples lives easier
I myself will still be sticking with VBA
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LeTiss
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That sounds a winner
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beermonsterman
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Looking forward to this not sure what to do with it yet but play I will :D
I'm getting board of Macros now VBA is way to difficult for the likes of me but Data filtering is something I really do enjoy.
Thanks for the heads up
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