Why can't LC be like excel?

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Why can't LC be like excel?

Post by dunbarx » Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:03 pm

Not the same kind of program?

I asked a question on a privately run (non Office) excel forum.
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/

There are a lot of questions there. Millions. But what struck me is how many would be so much fun to answer if they were LC questions. This is in the beginners pane. A randomly selected contiguous portion within the list.
Need number of days for each month between 2 dates
Extract Address and City from String
Creating a "Save As" Function using a Form Function Button while using specific cell text as the file name
Unable to drag and drop in excel 2003
Extract specific values in cell
Find the 2nd 3rd, 4th value over zero in a range
Move worksheets
Filter from other cells
Columns with specific byte size
Counting Paired Votes - Congress
Populating a column dependent on another cell
Is it possible to have non-array formula
That forum gets hundreds of queries per hour. I am not surprised; Excel has a slightly larger user base, is easier to learn the basics and has a slightly greater persona.

But oh, what if...

Craig Newman

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