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Mac

"Verifying  jdk......" I just got a new macbook pro OS X EL Capitan and I was not able to run applications needing java. I tried installing java but it always got stuck at "verifying jdk.......".  Finally I saw a post on google where it mentioned that issues was due to SIP ( System Integrity Protection) being enabled. I found an article how to disable it. http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/ Once I disable , I was able to install jdk.

Excel

1. To get sum for all the values from column B1 to B6 where value in column C1 to C6 is "S1"  all  from Sheet1. =SUMIF(Sheet1!C1:C6,"S2",Sheet1!B1:B6) See "S2" in double quotes because without that, it will represent the value in cell S2. 2. In a formula, a single string can only 255 char long. So if you need to have longer string, you will have represent it by concatenation of multiple smaller strings like  for example   "abcdef" => "abc" & "def" 3.  If you are editing a long formula and getting errors, one thing you might want to look for is new lines in it esp. if you copied the text and pasted it from some place. 4. LEFT(txt , num_chars) => Returns  left num_chars characters from   txt. 5. How to escape double quote in string  as part of formula ? by double quote itself .   If you want to have "abc" as text where double quotes are included in it ...you have to put it  like """