With new support for named functions, LAMBDA and helper functions, spreadsheet calculations — especially with arrays — may be more efficient and elegant.

After years of waiting, Google Sheets finally supports the powerful XLOOKUP function, and has added other powerful new functions too.

These are expert functions, so they'll likely prove more helpful for those who are particularly skilled with Google Sheets or similar database software.

What is a Named function in Google Sheets? Named functions are similar to Google Sheets' built-in functions. The difference is that you create them and define what they do.

You can use the COUNTIF function in Google Sheets to find the number of items in a range that meet certain criteria.

New functions were also added to Google Sheets, some of which are exclusive to Google’s platform, and there are now more than 400 functions altogether that are supported in Google Sheets.

You can use SUMIF in Google Sheets to add numbers together that are associated with a date range, specific text, or meet a numeric criterion.

Google Sheets’ formula suggestions are like autofill for math It can suggest functions based on your data, and will auto-select your range ...