For example, if you search an inventory sheet for an alphanumeric product code, VLOOKUP can find it even if you don't know the full code. How to Copy Columns in Excel Using VBA. Many small ...

so when a user inputs a gene’s alphanumeric symbol into a spreadsheet, like MARCH1 — short for “Membrane Associated Ring-CH-Type Finger 1” — Excel converts that into a date: 1-Mar ...

In 2020, scientists decided just to rework the alphanumeric symbols they used to represent genes rather than try to deal with an Excel feature that was interpreting their names as dates and (un ...