Excel LAMBDA - HOW & WHEN you Should use it

[@LeilaGharani]

Grab the file I used in the video from here 👉 pages.xelplus.com/lambda-file

[@bobgreenfield9158]

Leila, my goal is to have Gematria functions in Excel. Gematria is converting words to numbers. There are at least 36 different Ciphers. I figured that the Lambda function would be the way to go. But I have three problems. 1. Can the lambda function be used outside of a given workbook? 2. Can lambda functions be used to define additional lambda functions? I tried it and it didn't work. This is not good on complex functions. 3. Additionally, my mouse does not work on my laptop, so I use the keypad device. I have been unable to copy an equation in my worksheet and paste it into my Lambda definition line. I would have to carefully enter it again. 4. The definition screen for Lambda functions is tiny, it is difficult to work with big equations in that box, or being able to navigate within it. Suggestions?

[@chinmaya.6934]

If Leila teaches Quantum Physics and Thermodynamics I bet I will understand even those topics. Wonderfully Explained. Amazing content and lucid as usual, Thanks! Your follower from India

[@LeilaGharani]

Wow, thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

[@hichamhadj9640]

There are some sick people who disliked the video though

[@XAE_A_Xii]

@@hichamhadj9640 they are jealous and they are crap at excel

[@euniceesinam2573]

A pity she isn't teaching those! Leila's the best teacher!

[@youtube_user9110]

Btw this functionality is great for thermodynamics

[@ExcelinaMinute]

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[@raymons8600]

Great idea for a channel , good luck

[@gerardbouchard1153]

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[@lilig9231]

Terrific 3 minutes Excel Tutorial, please continue,

[@GerardoGarcia-sw9jn]

Love your Approach and explanations

[@HECHIZADAS]

Great Content, really informative and easy to follow

[@joevano]

This is a game changer... coming from a programming background where we have lambda these come in handy all the time.

[@NL-tq1yr]

Pretty sure this was possible with VBA

[@joevano]

@@NL-tq1yr of course it was, but now you don’t have to be a programmer to get custom functions. This is a game changer for normal users.

[@kmannavarapu]

I have been watching this lambda tutorials for a week now. Hands down no one has explained better than you. Thank you!

[@LeilaGharani]

Wow, thanks!

[@Raul-qw9ht]

Programming basics with the results of advance programming ... really useful for multidisciplinary professionals. Thanks so much for your insight.

[@JimFikes]

You always explain things so clearly. That's why I have all my students watch your videos. Thanks, Leila!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you, Jim!

[@elactecnology]

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[@elactecnology]

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[@jaweeddanish9858]

I was fun of Excel, now i love Excel because of Leila. You are a great teacher thanks a lot. Jaweed from Germany

[@carlmazziotti221]

LAMBDA is going to be my new best friend. All of my long complex formulas will be simplified and with naming I'll be able to understand all that I have done much better. Excel is getting better and better!

[@GpD79]

Is it weird that I got excited when she was like, "...it changed everything... you need to see this" at 0:38? HAHA, only Leila makes me excited for excel!!! Thank you for your continued dedication to educate us!

[@philipmumba3788]

You are actually saving people's jobs, without you many of us could be fired for lack of skill and expertise. Thanks

[@MichaelBrown-lw9kz]

UNBELIEVABLE. I am definitely looking forward to my Excel update. I am going to watch this video over and over again, and I can't wait to start practicing using this Lambda function.

[@AhmedIbrahim-vl6bv]

Leila is much more than an excel teacher, a true role model in terms of passion and the constant smile! I have attended 7 courses of yours and it did change my life. May your life be filled with joy!

[@alterchannel2501]

Perfect as always! By the way I love when your eyes move up-right when speaking😊

[@user-jc6te1vm8v]

the aura of mystery surrounding lambda finally disappears with such an ease... thank you so much leila.. could not have been possible without you teaching ❤️

[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome 😊

[@urbaneplanner]

good video as usual - for anyone watching this now, worth mentioning that Leila has new videos about the Advanced Formula Environment, which improves on the name editor that one had to use previously - but this video is still a good intro to lambdas

[@amardeepsingh5252]

I have seen 4 different videos on lambda and this one actually explains the usage from scratch. And that's what you need for a new function. Great job Leila 👍

[@LeilaGharani]

Awesome, thank you!

[@firasiraqi9382]

Am very sure really thats LAMBDA will be a very important start to move the excel to New Area thats i was dream with it before . Excel is genius & Crazy world but its guided to VBA , and i hope thats Lambda will be the start to blowing Creativity with our work in easily way . Thank you Liela , for your amazing explanation and video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@LeilaGharani]

I agree. I think we're seeing the start of a journey :)

[@thedavidseatonshow]

This is by far the most robust explanation of lambda I have seen, and I've seen several. Am I surprised? No. Superlative job as always Leila!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you!

[@Jeroentia]

Great content! I'm since 2015 writing an AI and began from noob skills basic. Of course I came across some problems. But with your vids I managed to launch the first verion of thenfull AI program last month which still runs about 80% in Excel. (Yes it can and works so good) Thank you! Lambda is going to help me with the upgrade.

[@iliomil]

Just one word to describe the Lambda function and Leila's explanations: Wow!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you 😊

[@iliomil]

@@LeilaGharani Prego, Leila! Ogni tuo video è sempre chiaro, anche nel presentare concetti articolati. Tutto il tuo materiale è fruibile da chiunque in modo semplice e fluido. Bravo Zulu Leila! Ilio :-)

[@remars-xcel]

its Christmas already, three videos from the Queen.very intricate... but it usually brings me back to nostalgia, revenge of the nerds"lambda lambda lambda fraternity"

[@justsurfin5013]

Went ahead and signed up for Microsoft 365 BETA just for this. Good course

[@cdyard1]

Someone asked about the LAMBDA function in a Facebook group on Excel. I was going to ask you about this function and lo and behold, a video about the Lambda function! Great video, BTW, and great explanations. I'll have to see it two or three times before I can use it but it's fantastic!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you like it, Claire!

[@surenderoati]

I am a UI developer but get more interested in excel just because of your great explaination. Thanks a lot 😊☺️

[@LeilaGharani]

You are most welcome :)

[@SpiritualMotto]

This is second time that I am watching the LAMBDA function explaination but first time i saw in a different channel, you have explained the root clearly and made to create many functions in my own, thanks a lot, the best part of the video is not only i learnt the LAMBDA, however i learnt the usage of SORT, UNIQUE functions too.

[@nonoobott8602]

Very explicit tutorial on this incredible function that allows for more possibilities within the grid. Thanks Leila for sharing

[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome!

[@TylerStanczak]

I could definitely brush up on Lambda. Thanks Leila :)

[@vijayarjunwadkar]

This is simply WOW! Now for me LAMBDA = (L)eila from (A)ustria is (M)aster of (B)est (D)ata (A)nalysis! Thank you for such a simple explanation, where you learn it right first time! Waiting for Thursday! 😊👍👏

[@LeilaGharani]

ahhh that's really nice! Glad you found the video useful 😀

[@vivekphadke16]

Thanks, Leila, I also made a help file with my comments so that it becomes easy to recollect if I visit LAMBDA later. Thank you for making it clear and understandable.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SeanGHOB]

Classic bait-and-switch! "Recursive Lambdas are so great! Watch this video to find out why! Actually, I'll do those in next week's video" Well done. I'm hooked.

[@rwfrench66GenX]

In the 80's I had a Commodore 64 Plus 4 where the Plus 4 were 4 function keys that you could program to do whatever you wanted, they were called hot keys, and that's what this reminds me of in a way. Bringing the looping function over from VBA can be useful in a way. It's certainly faster than Find & Replace if making the text that perfect is that important. I've always named my array formulas doing V and H lookups so you can use those anywhere in the workbook too. I would imagine there are very specific instances where combining multiple lambdas to clean up the data would come in handy but right now this looks like more of the same from Microsoft, introduce a new function in the latest version so you have to get that version and in the end it really only helps save time in very specific instances. I mean, people had VBA code to fix data for years but now we need Lambda. You did a great job of explaining it and maybe I'll get more out of the second video. I'll definitely check out the feature in my work but right now I'm not sure I see too many advantages over what I already do. Thanks for the video and Happy Holidays to you and your family!

[@chris_thornborrow]

Leila, its midnight, i dont have the latest excel but you are such an amazing teacher I watched it all.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for watching, Chris!

[@danielk.2663]

This is great. There will be libraries of just pick up and go lambda functions for recurring problems.

[@SouravGhosh1810]

I can't stop thinking about combining query and lambda, that will be very interesting and I wish you could do a presentation. Love your videos.

[@businessintelligencedigita8117]

Check my recursive example Using Lambda & Recursive Lambda to create user defined custom function Excel kzbin.info/www/bejne/gISbZGRorrGZiqc *Examples Covered* 1 Square of a number 2 Sum of squares from 1 to N 3 Sum of digits Discussion Link bi-analytics.org/blogs/entry/54-use-of-lambda-recursive-lambda-to-create-user-defined-custom-function-excel/ #Lambda #exceltips #exceltraining

[@YvesAustin]

The lambda function is really interesting and I get a few inquiries about it. However, the biggest issue I find is the fact that at best it is workbook specific, meaning if you have to recreate it for next months’ data, you are starting from scratch again (copy/paste lambda). Public functions in vba posted in a xlam addin still have the upper hand 😊 #govba

[@violentapolenta]

This is aaaaaawesoooooooomeeee. I share Leila's videos to my coworkers ALL THE TIME. I love this channel, thanks for everything you do ♥️

[@LeilaGharani]

Awesome! Thank you for your support!

[@prasadp17]

Loving excel more because of your videos. Lamba makes excel much more powerful. Thanks for sharing

[@denconstutube]

I found the topic to be complicated to understand, but after I listened to it twice I did understand the steps to make it work. Excellent presentation. I will do some testing to see how I can use this in my excel projects. Your enthusiasm makes the subject exciting. Thank you.

[@LeilaGharani]

Hope it will come in handy for you.

[@pratipsengupta7953]

Ma'am, only a Persian Mathematician could do this. I say that with deep respect for centuries of brilliant Persian Mathematicians.

[@at-excel]

Dear Leila, you did a really great presentation of this new mega-function. Thanks a lot! Andreas

[@LeilaGharani]

Many thanks! I'm glad it was helpful.

[@guido-hillmann]

Wird Zeit, dass Du deinen Rechner mit der Insider-Version wiederbekommst!😄

[@enderkazakli9557]

Having inspired by this great teacher, I spent a couple hours in the internet and struggled with this "recursive lambda thing". Finally, I was able to make a custom function for dealing with text substitutions requiring looping. Cheers. Define a custom function XUB (eXtended sUBstitute) in the Name Manager as shown: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =LAMBDA(Text2Process, FindText, ReplaceText, IF(FindText="", Text2Process, XUB(SUBSTITUTE(Text2Process, FindText, ReplaceText), INDIRECT("R" & ROW(FindText) +1 & "C"&COLUMN(FindText), FALSE), INDIRECT("R" & ROW(ReplaceText) +1 & "C"&COLUMN(ReplaceText), FALSE) ) ) )

[@fida80]

It seems it's not a job but a passion for you , you enjoy it and it shows

[@syedfirdose7215]

I found no better channel than this for excel videos

[@furqanahmad8281]

Amazing. YOu are the Wonder Woman of Ms Excel..

[@sachinrv1]

Fantastic un-coding of LAMBDA. Looking forward to your next video.This function together with Office 365 functions, has the power of replacing age old pivot table as well. No drag and drop. Just create LAMBDA function and that's it. Cheers :)

[@LeilaGharani]

That's a great idea Sachin!

[@budiantotanudirdjo2627]

I knew such function when I develop power query linked calculation. Now it is available as formula. It may helps a lot for excel bound users.

[@anubhav19888]

Very well explained. Tks. It took me few attempts to do it.

[@Sam-xm9sr]

Leila you are such an asset to all of the Excel world you teach us with such patience...

[@patrickschardt7724]

Oh wow. This is a huge addition to Excel. This is wonderful. Great tutorial

[@LeilaGharani]

It really is Patrick!

[@AtabekZingi]

I hoped I could create my own functions in Excel for years as objects or classes, my dream came finally true :-) thanks sister leila :-)

[@LeilaGharani]

You are welcome 😊

[@nhanharelli3]

Learning Excel and feeling tingles. Great Vídeo 10/10.

[@LeilaGharani]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@BMR86]

I swear to you for the longest time since I was in college 10 years ago, I always forgot what key to press to fix a cell... and its F4!!! thank you for that!!

[@LeilaGharani]

I’m glad you found that!

[@excelworx8712]

Hi Leila, this is the best tutorial of LAMBDA I have seen. I cannot try it out as my laptop is not running on MSO 365. I already have several formulas that I want to try out on LAMBDA. Waiting for the wifey to come home to grab her laptop which has MSO 365, haha

[@LeilaGharani]

Hi. Thank you. This is currently only on beta in 365. And apparently only 50% of the users got it in the first round. You might have to wait a bit longer. Fingers crossed that all 365 users get it soon.

[@excelworx8712]

@@LeilaGharani yes, saw that. So, will have to wait

[@ExcelExciting]

Wonderful Explanation as usual!! I'm still waiting for my update on the insider to get my hands-on LAMBDA function. Hope to see it soon, my mac soon.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks Faraz! Hope you'll get it soon.

[@kikin62]

My favorite teacher in Excel ¡¡ THANKS

[@waris8807]

The beauty is face or the brain? Now we can create a Lamda machine to find out. Thank you. Great as always.

[@mattschoular8844]

Thanks Leila. LAMBDA is a game changer for sure. Looking forward to the recursion version next week..

[@LeilaGharani]

Yes. It is! The recursive part is amazing. I still have to do some tests regarding performance of this on bigger data sets.

[@robertovelicaz7719]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant....Thanks so much Leila! Can’t wait for the next video! The mind boggles to think of all the things you will be able to do with this new function 😃

[@LeilaGharani]

It really is a game changer, Roberto!

[@robertovelicaz7719]

@@LeilaGharani looking forward to seeing the uses you find for it! 😃👍🏻

[@jesuspalalia5164]

This is more useful than the Let function. Tbh I never used the Let function. I find this Lambda function more powerful though and can see situations where I can apply this in my job. It seems like this function will supercede the Let function.

[@reng7777]

Hi Leila!! the Ms Excel team is practically bringing up to excel what what used to do in the VBA SCRIPT ,but this time it has been adapted through the excel formula languague, i would say that this LAMBDA function will bring a more practical solutions to us!! Nice video as always regards from Uruguay!!!

[@kashmuneer]

That's amazing...and the way you explained it makes is more amazing.... I don't understand who are the people who disliked the video 🤔

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

[@chelebarry]

Wow that was great explanation I have not been using excel that much this days I got interested and good thing I did this seems like a very useful tool to know... I really enjoy the way you explain things it is very clear...

[@LeilaGharani]

Great to hear!

[@MyLilTony93]

I like the new intro/outro animations and music! Also, the lambda function

[@LeilaGharani]

😁

[@haashini10031985]

@Leila The best example of all-ever videos uploaded in KZbin for Lambda. Asusual, Lots of Thanks to you. Awaiting for your next course ...any clue please.

[@LeilaGharani]

That is so nice! Thank you. As for courses - it will take some time. I might release a few shorter courses but I am planning a comprehensive Power BI course sometime next year.

[@haashini10031985]

@@LeilaGharani Thank you for the reply. Inspired by you a lot for Excel. God Bless.

[@gr8wh8orca53]

Excellent training "Leilamda" 😂🤯 Excel and Data for eternity, nothing is out of reach for Excel...keeps on keeping on !!!

[@philippedemecheleer2381]

Very interesting feature! I'm going to test it right away 😊

[@chaitanyalodha3948]

This is game changing!! Would love to see the next video!!

[@PhoenixRealOne]

Before I watched the video: Why would anyone subscribe to an channel about MS Office? You find what you need and don't care until you need something else... half way through the video: *new Subscriber* GREAT video!!! Can't wait to check out more :)

[@LeilaGharani]

😁 Thank you for subscribing and welcome!

[@mikeparker3865]

very exciting. easier than writing vba functions.

[@chrissears9912]

Thanks so much, fantastic video. I made my first lambda function to round a value to a specified # sig-figs, took 5 minutes and makes my sheets so much more readable!

[@mohammadashiq9996]

I like the Excel Lambda ,Very simple description, recommends Leilla gharani for Learning on Line

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you!

[@frayue]

#Mindblown! Excel is getting powerful than ever! Love it! Thanks, Leila!

[@elactecnology]

Leila is a game changer in our lives. Who else agrees put like. I am watching this video for the second time. Thank you Leila

[@venkatiyer7459]

Thanks again... Your teaching style is too good... Sorry I am using Excel 2019.... I have to wait for using Lambda...

[@jasper_ferrer]

you explained this very well. Thanks

[@solomonmokua4643]

Wow, finally a neat way to write custom formulas and give them cool names😃

[@amansaini4948]

I am a Hindustani but I saw your video and did like it, whatever the English brothers are watching this video, they will definitely like the video.

[@Azam_Pakistan]

Excellent. You know how to teach. Plus your lighting is just superb. You must be a photographer too.

[@Abrogator91]

I love lambda! Excel is such a wonderful tool, and this just makes it so much better! Unfortunately, most of my spreadsheet usage is in Google sheets. I hope Google adds this as well

[@danwhite3708]

What an awesome presenter. I just love how she teaches.

[@statanaliz]

Спасибо за наглядное объяснение. Ждем обновление Excel. )

[@amit12000]

Great Leila you new concept in very simple way so we understand thing instantly

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you think so!

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

One thing to note is that you can define lambda names locally using let function, and that's just creating local function inside a function that can be used multiple times. In the future, many Excel documents that has long formulae would probably be just a let with tons of parameters and the actual execution being actually clear to see what's going on.

[@jimihope1113]

Thanks Sister for your great help!

[@SolomonKinyanjui_sk]

It's a good function , initially i thought it's similar to LET function but no this function is more powerful than LET. I hope it will be soon in excel so that I can practice, anyway good work.

[@LeilaGharani]

agree. I think LET was just to setup the scene for Lamba. It will make it easier to make complex lambdas. But it's not necessary for simpler cases.

[@SolomonKinyanjui_sk]

@@LeilaGharani Sure

[@Wzxxx]

Amazing teaching skills

[@kigoindonesia3195]

I just know lambda function from you Leila, thanks!

[@roelpanis8711]

Thanks, very good explanation!

[@growth2509]

Outstanding function and well explained.

[@LeilaGharani]

Many thanks!

[@christoslefkimiotis9889]

You've just opened new horizons, nice video, thx

[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome, Christos!

[@trilmobile3716]

I finally took the time to look at and try this. This is quite awesome. Thanks for the easy-to-understand explanation!

[@konradbryczkowski242]

Thank you very much! I have recommended your channel to no end, it never fails! Keep at it!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you for your recommendation!

[@andrewmoss6449]

Finally got LAMBDA in my Excel today! 🥳

[@LeilaGharani]

Excellent! Let us know how you like it.

[@OzduSoleilDATA]

This is intense. I wanna see this recursion jazz next week. 🤔

[@aliikhlaq]

There are many tutorials out for lamba but waiting for you to upload Thank you Wonder Women :)

[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome 😊 I hope you liked it.

[@Excelambda]

So great that you covered recursive. !!! VBA power , this is what we are looking for😉✌✌

[@LeilaGharani]

Oh yes! This is best part! 💪🏼

[@yewchoob85]

Took me a while to work out that the params after the function need to be right after the closed brackets, I usually break up formulas to make them more readable and it wasn't working. e.g. This works > LAMBDA(a,b, a*b)(1,2) This doesn't > LAMBDA(a,b, a*b) (1,2)

[@mashokhan8811]

Really mam you are amazing - this is really help a lot - god bless you and love you mam so much

[@exgnyaana2841]

Have used Lambda in Python. Great to have it in Excel!!!!!!!!!!!!