The C and C++ standards do not specify the order of evaluation for function arguments. This can lead to subtle portability problems. As I explained in my column last month (“As Precise As Possible”), ...

The VLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel literally means vertical lookup. It’s a search function for querying values in the cell of a column. This function searches for the data relative to the entries ...

Pivot tables still have their place, but I'd rather type one formula for a quick summary.

The Mode function in Excel returns the most frequently repetitive value in an array or range of data. The formula for Mode function is Mode( number1, [number2,..]). In Excel, Modes can be arrays, ...

in the latest edition of "optifreak gets on his knees to beg for help from his superior masters" <BR><BR>say you have a linkbutton<BR><asp:linkbutton runat="server ...