The formula below subtracts the value in cell A2 and the value in cell A3 from the value in cell A1. One of the things that make Excel such a powerful tool is the ability to refer to cellsranges and use these in formulas. With the COUNTIF function Excel can count the number of times a word or number appears in any range of cells.
Excel formulas are written by an order of magnitude more users than all the C C C Java and Python programmers in the world combined.
The addition sign in Excel is the plus symbol. Learn how to multiply columns and how to multiply a column by a constant. You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community get support in the Answers community or suggest a new feature or improvement on Excel User Voice. For example cell A3 below contains the SUM function which calculates the sum of the range A1A2.