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How to Use SCAN() in Google Sheets

Description

Scans an array and produces intermediate values by application of a LAMBDA function to each value. Returns an array of the intermediate values obtained at each step.

How To Actually Use SCAN() in Sheets

SCAN(initial_value, array_or_range, LAMBDA)

Try SCAN yourself

In cells A1:A5, enter the numbers 1 through 5. Use the SCAN function to create a running total of these numbers in cells B1:B5.

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