In this video, you’ll learn how to sort names by last name in Excel, even when first and last names are in the same cell. We walk through simple methods using built-in Excel tools to organize your ...

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Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Veteran copywriter Paul Burke discusses the recent polishing of a modern British institution, ‘See it, Say it, Sort it.’ Let’s just say he’s never been a fan. Nearly a decade after its launch, the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...

This project consists of developing a software application using the Java programming language, focused on analyzing the performance of sorting algorithms. The main objective is to compare the ...