You will get an error if Flash Fill cannot find the pattern. The first thing to check is that you're using Flash Fill close to the source data (e.g., in the adjacent cell). For instance, it won't work ...

Microsoft Excel's Formula by Example helps automate repetitive tasks in structured tables in Excel for the Web. The tool is similar to Flash Fill, though it generates dynamic formulas that update with ...

Let’s say you have student information in a worksheet where students’ last names, first names, and ID numbers are in Column A. If you want their first name and last name to appear in Column B, you ...

Let’s see all these fixes in detail. 1] Remove dashes in Excel by using the Flash Fill method This is the easiest method to remove dashes from data in Excel. Flash Fill identifies the pattern applied ...