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HappyG(rrr) Jan 2024 5:29pm, 16 Jan 2024 49,171 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) In C++ and Pascal it was + for concatenating strings. Makes more sense. No, didn't know &. Harmless Mostly Harmless Novice Competent Expert Master Dangerous Deadly Elite I thought I was 4, but might only be 2? G
JamieKai chameleon Jan 2024 5:51pm, 16 Jan 2024 18,230 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon Ah, that takes me back!
GregP Jan 2024 6:11pm, 16 Jan 2024 150,214 posts	Quote Pin GregP C++ ? Lovely that we get kids on this wire
JamieKai chameleon Jan 2024 6:30pm, 16 Jan 2024 18,231 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon (I was referring to the Elite classification list - not seen that in some 30 years)
GregP Jan 2024 6:32pm, 16 Jan 2024 150,215 posts	Quote Pin GregP you can add with it too. =a1+(a3=a4)
larkim Jan 2024 6:37pm, 16 Jan 2024 23,000 posts	Quote Pin larkim Multiply would work too I guess, almost as an if statement? =A2*(A3=A4)
GregP Jan 2024 11:04am, 24 Jan 2024 150,360 posts	Quote Pin GregP PowerBI hates me. Or MS Lists does. Or both. For reasons passing all understanding pretty much everything that would logically be in Excel has moved to MS Lists. Exporting to PowerBI in an attempt to garner some sort of reporting capability is thwarted by only a seemingly random subset of columns being included in the exported dataset.
GlennR Jan 2024 11:38am, 24 Jan 2024 74,208 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Now I'm going to have to find out what MS Lists is.
GlennR Jan 2024 11:40am, 24 Jan 2024 74,209 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Oh, I have no use for that. Back to my Excel model...
3M Jan 2024 12:30pm, 24 Jan 2024 23,161 posts	Quote Pin 3M I'm being funnelled down a route of PowerAutomate and PowerApps at work, in order to "get the best out of 365".