List of all excel formulas and what they do

ABS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the absolute value of a number

ACCRINT function

Financial:    Returns the accrued interest for a security that pays periodic interest

ACCRINTM function

Financial:    Returns the accrued interest for a security that pays interest at maturity

ACOS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arccosine of a number

ACOSH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number

ACOT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arccotangent of a number

ACOTH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic arccotangent of a number

AGGREGATE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns an aggregate in a list or database

ADDRESS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference as text to a single cell in a worksheet

AMORDEGRC function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation for each accounting period by using a depreciation coefficient

AMORLINC function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation for each accounting period

AND function

Logical:    Returns TRUE if all of its arguments are TRUE

ARABIC function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a Roman number to Arabic, as a number

AREAS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of areas in a reference

ARRAYTOTEXT function

Text:    Returns an array of text values from any specified range

ASC function

Text:    Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters

ASIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arcsine of a number

ASINH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number

ATAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arctangent of a number

ATAN2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arctangent from x- and y-coordinates

ATANH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number

AVEDEV function

Statistical:    Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean

AVERAGE function

Statistical:    Returns the average of its arguments

AVERAGEA function

Statistical:    Returns the average of its arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

AVERAGEIF function

Statistical:    Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the cells in a range that meet a given criteria

AVERAGEIFS function

Statistical:    Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all cells that meet multiple criteria.

BAHTTEXT function

Text:    Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format

BASE function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a number into a text representation with the given radix (base)

BESSELI function

Engineering:    Returns the modified Bessel function In(x)

BESSELJ function

Engineering:    Returns the Bessel function Jn(x)

BESSELK function

Engineering:    Returns the modified Bessel function Kn(x)

BESSELY function

Engineering:    Returns the Bessel function Yn(x)

BETADIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the beta cumulative distribution function

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BETA.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the beta cumulative distribution function

BETAINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a specified beta distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BETA.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a specified beta distribution

BIN2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to decimal

BIN2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to hexadecimal

BIN2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to octal

BINOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BINOM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability

BINOM.DIST.RANGE function

Statistical:    Returns the probability of a trial result using a binomial distribution

BINOM.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value

BITAND function

Engineering:    Returns a ‘Bitwise And’ of two numbers

BITLSHIFT function

Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted left by shift_amount bits

BITOR function

Engineering:    Returns a bitwise OR of 2 numbers

BITRSHIFT function

Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted right by shift_amount bits

BITXOR function

Engineering:    Returns a bitwise ‘Exclusive Or’ of two numbers

BYCOL

Logical:    Applies a LAMBDA to each column and returns an array of the results

BYROW

Logical:    Applies a LAMBDA to each row and returns an array of the results

CALL function

Add-in and Automation:    Calls a procedure in a dynamic link library or code resource

CEILING function

Compatibility:    Rounds a number to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

CEILING.MATH function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

CEILING.PRECISE function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance. Regardless of the sign of the number, the number is rounded up.

CELL function

Information:    Returns information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

CHAR function

Text:    Returns the character specified by the code number

CHIDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHIINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHITEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the test for independence

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHISQ.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative beta probability density function

CHISQ.DIST.RT function

Statistical:    Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

CHISQ.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative beta probability density function

CHISQ.INV.RT function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

CHISQ.TEST function

Statistical:    Returns the test for independence

CHOOSE function

Lookup and reference:    Chooses a value from a list of values

CHOOSECOLS

Lookup and reference:    Returns the specified columns from an array

CHOOSEROWS

Lookup and reference:    Returns the specified rows from an array

CLEAN function

Text:    Removes all nonprintable characters from text

CODE function

Text:    Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string

COLUMN function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the column number of a reference

COLUMNS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of columns in a reference

COMBIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the number of combinations for a given number of objects

COMBINA function

Math and trigonometry:   

Returns the number of combinations with repetitions for a given number of items

COMPLEX function

Engineering:    Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number

CONCAT function

Text:    Combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings, but it doesn’t provide the delimiter or IgnoreEmpty arguments.

CONCATENATE function

Text:    Joins several text items into one text item

CONFIDENCE function

Compatibility:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CONFIDENCE.NORM function

Statistical:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean

CONFIDENCE.T function

Statistical:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using a Student’s t distribution

CONVERT function

Engineering:    Converts a number from one measurement system to another

CORREL function

Statistical:    Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets

COS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cosine of a number

COSH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number

COT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number

COTH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cotangent of an angle

COUNT function

Statistical:    Counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments

COUNTA function

Statistical:    Counts how many values are in the list of arguments

COUNTBLANK function

Statistical:    Counts the number of blank cells within a range

COUNTIF function

Statistical:    Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given criteria

COUNTIFS function

Statistical:    Counts the number of cells within a range that meet multiple criteria

COUPDAYBS function

Financial:    Returns the number of days from the beginning of the coupon period to the settlement date

COUPDAYS function

Financial:    Returns the number of days in the coupon period that contains the settlement date

COUPDAYSNC function

Financial:    Returns the number of days from the settlement date to the next coupon date

COUPNCD function

Financial:    Returns the next coupon date after the settlement date

COUPNUM function

Financial:    Returns the number of coupons payable between the settlement date and maturity date

COUPPCD function

Financial:    Returns the previous coupon date before the settlement date

COVAR function

Compatibility:    Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

COVARIANCE.P function

Statistical:    Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations

COVARIANCE.S function

Statistical:    Returns the sample covariance, the average of the products deviations for each data point pair in two data sets

CRITBINOM function

Compatibility:    Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CSC function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cosecant of an angle

CSCH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of an angle

CUBEKPIMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns a key performance indicator (KPI) name, property, and measure, and displays the name and property in the cell. A KPI is a quantifiable measurement, such as monthly gross profit or quarterly employee turnover, used to monitor an organization’s performance.

CUBEMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns a member or tuple in a cube hierarchy. Use to validate that the member or tuple exists in the cube.

CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

Cube:    Returns the value of a member property in the cube. Use to validate that a member name exists within the cube and to return the specified property for this member.

CUBERANKEDMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns the nth, or ranked, member in a set. Use to return one or more elements in a set, such as the top sales performer or top 10 students.

CUBESET function

Cube:    Defines a calculated set of members or tuples by sending a set expression to the cube on the server, which creates the set, and then returns that set to Microsoft Office Excel.

CUBESETCOUNT function

Cube:    Returns the number of items in a set.

CUBEVALUE function

Cube:    Returns an aggregated value from a cube.

CUMIPMT function

Financial:    Returns the cumulative interest paid between two periods

CUMPRINC function

Financial:    Returns the cumulative principal paid on a loan between two periods

DATE function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of a particular date

DATEDIF function

Date and time:    Calculates the number of days, months, or years between two dates. This function is useful in formulas where you need to calculate an age.

DATEVALUE function

Date and time:    Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number

DAVERAGE function

Database:    Returns the average of selected database entries

DAY function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a day of the month

DAYS function

Date and time:    Returns the number of days between two dates

DAYS360 function

Date and time:    Calculates the number of days between two dates based on a 360-day year

DB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the fixed-declining balance method

DBCS function

Text:    Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters

DCOUNT function

Database:    Counts the cells that contain numbers in a database

DCOUNTA function

Database:    Counts nonblank cells in a database

DDB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the double-declining balance method or some other method that you specify

DEC2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to binary

DEC2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal

DEC2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to octal

DECIMAL function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a text representation of a number in a given base into a decimal number

DEGREES function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts radians to degrees

DELTA function

Engineering:    Tests whether two values are equal

DEVSQ function

Statistical:    Returns the sum of squares of deviations

DGET function

Database:    Extracts from a database a single record that matches the specified criteria

DISC function

Financial:    Returns the discount rate for a security

DMAX function

Database:    Returns the maximum value from selected database entries

DMIN function

Database:    Returns the minimum value from selected database entries

DOLLAR function

Text:    Converts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format

DOLLARDE function

Financial:    Converts a dollar price, expressed as a fraction, into a dollar price, expressed as a decimal number

DOLLARFR function

Financial:    Converts a dollar price, expressed as a decimal number, into a dollar price, expressed as a fraction

DPRODUCT function

Database:    Multiplies the values in a particular field of records that match the criteria in a database

DROP

Lookup and reference:    Excludes a specified number of rows or columns from the start or end of an array

DSTDEV function

Database:    Estimates the standard deviation based on a sample of selected database entries

DSTDEVP function

Database:    Calculates the standard deviation based on the entire population of selected database entries

DSUM function

Database:    Adds the numbers in the field column of records in the database that match the criteria

DURATION function

Financial:    Returns the annual duration of a security with periodic interest payments

DVAR function

Database:    Estimates variance based on a sample from selected database entries

DVARP function

Database:    Calculates variance based on the entire population of selected database entries

EDATE function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date

EFFECT function

Financial:    Returns the effective annual interest rate

ENCODEURL function

Web:    Returns a URL-encoded string

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

EOMONTH function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months

ERF function

Engineering:    Returns the error function

ERF.PRECISE function

Engineering:    Returns the error function

ERFC function

Engineering:    Returns the complementary error function

ERFC.PRECISE function

Engineering:    Returns the complementary ERF function integrated between x and infinity

ERROR.TYPE function

Information:    Returns a number corresponding to an error type

EUROCONVERT function

Add-in and Automation:    Converts a number to euros, converts a number from euros to a euro member currency, or converts a number from one euro member currency to another by using the euro as an intermediary (triangulation).

EVEN function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up to the nearest even integer

EXACT function

Text:    Checks to see if two text values are identical

EXP function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns e raised to the power of a given number

EXPAND

Lookup and reference:    Expands or pads an array to specified row and column dimensions

EXPON.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the exponential distribution

EXPONDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the exponential distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

FACT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the factorial of a number

FACTDOUBLE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the double factorial of a number

FALSE function

Logical:    Returns the logical value FALSE

F.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the F probability distribution

FDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the F probability distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

F.DIST.RT function

Statistical:    Returns the F probability distribution

FILTER function

Lookup and reference:    Filters a range of data based on criteria you define

FILTERXML function

Web:    Returns specific data from the XML content by using the specified XPath

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

FIND, FINDB functions

Text:    Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)

F.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

F.INV.RT function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

FINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

In Excel 2007this is a Statistical function.

FISHER function

Statistical:    Returns the Fisher transformation

FISHERINV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the Fisher transformation

FIXED function

Text:    Formats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals

FLOOR function

Compatibility:    Rounds a number down, toward zero

In Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, this is a Math and trigonometry function.

FLOOR.MATH function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

FLOOR.PRECISE function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance. Regardless of the sign of the number, the number is rounded up.

FORECAST function

Statistical:    Returns a value along a linear trend

In Excel 2016, this function is replaced with FORECAST.LINEAR as part of the new Forecasting functions, but it’s still available for compatibility with earlier versions.

FORECAST.ETS function

Statistical:    Returns a future value based on existing (historical) values by using the AAA version of the Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm

FORECAST.ETS.CONFINT function

Statistical:    Returns a confidence interval for the forecast value at the specified target date

FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function

Statistical:    Returns the length of the repetitive pattern Excel detects for the specified time series

FORECAST.ETS.STAT function

Statistical:    Returns a statistical value as a result of time series forecasting

FORECAST.LINEAR function

Statistical:    Returns a future value based on existing values

FORMULATEXT function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the formula at the given reference as text

FREQUENCY function

Statistical:    Returns a frequency distribution as a vertical array

F.TEST function

Statistical:    Returns the result of an F-test

FTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the result of an F-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

FV function

Financial:    Returns the future value of an investment

FVSCHEDULE function

Financial:    Returns the future value of an initial principal after applying a series of compound interest rates

GAMMA function

Statistical:    Returns the Gamma function value

GAMMA.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the gamma distribution

GAMMADIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the gamma distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

GAMMA.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution

GAMMAINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

GAMMALN function

Statistical:    Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GAMMALN.PRECISE function

Statistical:    Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GAUSS function

Statistical:    Returns 0.5 less than the standard normal cumulative distribution

GCD function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the greatest common divisor

GEOMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the geometric mean

GESTEP function

Engineering:    Tests whether a number is greater than a threshold value

GETPIVOTDATA function

Lookup and reference:    Returns data stored in a PivotTable report

GROWTH function

Statistical:    Returns values along an exponential trend

HARMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the harmonic mean

HEX2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to binary

HEX2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to decimal

HEX2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to octal

HLOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks in the top row of an array and returns the value of the indicated cell

HOUR function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to an hour

HSTACK

Lookup and reference:    Appends arrays horizontally and in sequence to return a larger array

HYPERLINK function

Lookup and reference:    Creates a shortcut or jump that opens a document stored on a network server, an intranet, or the Internet

HYPGEOM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the hypergeometric distribution

HYPGEOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the hypergeometric distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

IF function

Logical:    Specifies a logical test to perform

IFERROR function

Logical:    Returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, returns the result of the formula

IFNA function

Logical:    Returns the value you specify if the expression resolves to #N/A, otherwise returns the result of the expression

IFS function

Logical:    Checks whether one or more conditions are met and returns a value that corresponds to the first TRUE condition.

IMABS function

Engineering:    Returns the absolute value (modulus) of a complex number

IMAGINARY function

Engineering:    Returns the imaginary coefficient of a complex number

IMARGUMENT function

Engineering:    Returns the argument theta, an angle expressed in radians

IMCONJUGATE function

Engineering:    Returns the complex conjugate of a complex number

IMCOS function

Engineering:    Returns the cosine of a complex number

IMCOSH function

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number

IMCOT function

Engineering:    Returns the cotangent of a complex number

IMCSC function

Engineering:    Returns the cosecant of a complex number

IMCSCH function

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number

IMDIV function

Engineering:    Returns the quotient of two complex numbers

IMEXP function

Engineering:    Returns the exponential of a complex number

IMLN function

Engineering:    Returns the natural logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG10 function

Engineering:    Returns the base-10 logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG2 function

Engineering:    Returns the base-2 logarithm of a complex number

IMPOWER function

Engineering:    Returns a complex number raised to an integer power

IMPRODUCT function

Engineering:    Returns the product of complex numbers

IMREAL function

Engineering:    Returns the real coefficient of a complex number

IMSEC function

Engineering:    Returns the secant of a complex number

IMSECH function

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number

IMSIN function

Engineering:    Returns the sine of a complex number

IMSINH function

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number

IMSQRT function

Engineering:    Returns the square root of a complex number

IMSUB function

Engineering:    Returns the difference between two complex numbers

IMSUM function

Engineering:    Returns the sum of complex numbers

IMTAN function

Engineering:    Returns the tangent of a complex number

INDEX function

Lookup and reference:    Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array

INDIRECT function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference indicated by a text value

INFO function

Information:    Returns information about the current operating environment

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

INT function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down to the nearest integer

INTERCEPT function

Statistical:    Returns the intercept of the linear regression line

INTRATE function

Financial:    Returns the interest rate for a fully invested security

IPMT function

Financial:    Returns the interest payment for an investment for a given period

IRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows

ISBLANK function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is blank

ISERR function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is any error value except #N/A

ISERROR function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is any error value

ISEVEN function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the number is even

ISFORMULA function

Information:    Returns TRUE if there is a reference to a cell that contains a formula

ISLOGICAL function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a logical value

ISNA function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is the #N/A error value

ISNONTEXT function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is not text

ISNUMBER function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a number

ISODD function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the number is odd

ISOMITTED

Information:    Checks whether the value in a LAMBDA is missing and returns TRUE or FALSE

ISREF function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a reference

ISTEXT function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is text

ISO.CEILING function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a number that is rounded up to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

ISOWEEKNUM function

Date and time:    Returns the number of the ISO week number of the year for a given date

ISPMT function

Financial:    Calculates the interest paid during a specific period of an investment

JIS function

Text:    Changes half-width (single-byte) characters within a string to full-width (double-byte) characters

KURT function

Statistical:    Returns the kurtosis of a data set

LAMBDA

Logical:    Create custom, reusable functions and call them by a friendly name

LARGE function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th largest value in a data set

LCM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the least common multiple

LEFT, LEFTB functions

Text:    Returns the leftmost characters from a text value

LEN, LENB functions

Text:    Returns the number of characters in a text string

LET

Logical:    Assigns names to calculation results

LINEST function

Statistical:    Returns the parameters of a linear trend

LN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the natural logarithm of a number

LOG function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the logarithm of a number to a specified base

LOG10 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number

LOGEST function

Statistical:    Returns the parameters of an exponential trend

LOGINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the lognormal cumulative distribution

LOGNORM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution

LOGNORMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution

LOGNORM.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the lognormal cumulative distribution

LOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks up values in a vector or array

LOWER function

Text:    Converts text to lowercase

MAKEARRAY

Logical:    Returns a calculated array of a specified row and column size, by applying a LAMBDA

MAP

Logical:    Returns an array formed by mapping each value in the array(s) to a new value by applying a LAMBDA to create a new value

MATCH function

Lookup and reference:    Looks up values in a reference or array

MAX function

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments

MAXA function

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

MAXIFS function

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions or criteria

MDETERM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix determinant of an array

MDURATION function

Financial:    Returns the Macauley modified duration for a security with an assumed par value of $100

MEDIAN function

Statistical:    Returns the median of the given numbers

MID, MIDB functions

Text:    Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify

MIN function

Statistical:    Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments

MINIFS function

Statistical:    Returns the minimum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions or criteria.

MINA function

Statistical:    Returns the smallest value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

MINUTE function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a minute

MINVERSE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix inverse of an array

MIRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return where positive and negative cash flows are financed at different rates

MMULT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix product of two arrays

MOD function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the remainder from division

MODE function

Compatibility:    Returns the most common value in a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

MODE.MULT function

Statistical:    Returns a vertical array of the most frequently occurring, or repetitive values in an array or range of data

MODE.SNGL function

Statistical:    Returns the most common value in a data set

MONTH function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a month

MROUND function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a number rounded to the desired multiple

MULTINOMIAL function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the multinomial of a set of numbers

MUNIT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the unit matrix or the specified dimension

N function

Information:    Returns a value converted to a number

NA function

Information:    Returns the error value #N/A

NEGBINOM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the negative binomial distribution

NEGBINOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the negative binomial distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NETWORKDAYS function

Date and time:    Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates

NETWORKDAYS.INTL function

Date and time:    Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days

NOMINAL function

Financial:    Returns the annual nominal interest rate

NORM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the normal cumulative distribution

NORMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORMINV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

NORM.INV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORM.S.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution

NORMSDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORM.S.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

NORMSINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NOT function

Logical:    Reverses the logic of its argument

NOW function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the current date and time

NPER function

Financial:    Returns the number of periods for an investment

NPV function

Financial:    Returns the net present value of an investment based on a series of periodic cash flows and a discount rate

NUMBERVALUE function

Text:    Converts text to number in a locale-independent manner

OCT2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to binary

OCT2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to decimal

OCT2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to hexadecimal

ODD function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up to the nearest odd integer

ODDFPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd first period

ODDFYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield of a security with an odd first period

ODDLPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd last period

ODDLYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield of a security with an odd last period

OFFSET function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference offset from a given reference

OR function

Logical:    Returns TRUE if any argument is TRUE

PDURATION function

Financial:    Returns the number of periods required by an investment to reach a specified value

PEARSON function

Statistical:    Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

PERCENTILE.EXC function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, exclusive

PERCENTILE.INC function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range

PERCENTILE function

Compatibility:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

PERCENTRANK.EXC function

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a value in a data set as a percentage (0..1, exclusive) of the data set

PERCENTRANK.INC function

Statistical:    Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set

PERCENTRANK function

Compatibility:    Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

PERMUT function

Statistical:    Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects

PERMUTATIONA function

Statistical:    Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects (with repetitions) that can be selected from the total objects

PHI function

Statistical:    Returns the value of the density function for a standard normal distribution

PHONETIC function

Text:    Extracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string

PI function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the value of pi

PMT function

Financial:    Returns the periodic payment for an annuity

POISSON.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the Poisson distribution

POISSON function

Compatibility:    Returns the Poisson distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

POWER function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the result of a number raised to a power

PPMT function

Financial:    Returns the payment on the principal for an investment for a given period

PRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security that pays periodic interest

PRICEDISC function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a discounted security

PRICEMAT function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security that pays interest at maturity

PROB function

Statistical:    Returns the probability that values in a range are between two limits

PRODUCT function

Math and trigonometry:    Multiplies its arguments

PROPER function

Text:    Capitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value

PV function

Financial:    Returns the present value of an investment

QUARTILE function

Compatibility:    Returns the quartile of a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

QUARTILE.EXC function

Statistical:    Returns the quartile of the data set, based on percentile values from 0..1, exclusive

QUARTILE.INC function

Statistical:    Returns the quartile of a data set

QUOTIENT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the integer portion of a division

RADIANS function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts degrees to radians

RAND function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a random number between 0 and 1

RANDARRAY function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns an array of random numbers between 0 and 1. However, you can specify the number of rows and columns to fill, minimum and maximum values, and whether to return whole numbers or decimal values.

RANDBETWEEN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a random number between the numbers you specify

RANK.AVG function

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

RANK.EQ function

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

RANK function

Compatibility:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

RATE function

Financial:    Returns the interest rate per period of an annuity

RECEIVED function

Financial:    Returns the amount received at maturity for a fully invested security

REDUCE

Logical:    Reduces an array to an accumulated value by applying a LAMBDA to each value and returning the total value in the accumulator

REGISTER.ID function

Add-in and Automation:    Returns the register ID of the specified dynamic link library (DLL) or code resource that has been previously registered

REPLACE, REPLACEB functions

Text:    Replaces characters within text

REPT function

Text:    Repeats text a given number of times

RIGHT, RIGHTB functions

Text:    Returns the rightmost characters from a text value

ROMAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts an arabic numeral to roman, as text

ROUND function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number to a specified number of digits

ROUNDDOWN function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down, toward zero

ROUNDUP function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up, away from zero

ROW function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the row number of a reference

ROWS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of rows in a reference

RRI function

Financial:    Returns an equivalent interest rate for the growth of an investment

RSQ function

Statistical:    Returns the square of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

RTD function

Lookup and reference:    Retrieves real-time data from a program that supports COM automation

SCAN

Logical:    Scans an array by applying a LAMBDA to each value and returns an array that has each intermediate value

SEARCH, SEARCHB functions

Text:    Finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive)

SEC function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the secant of an angle

SECH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of an angle

SECOND function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a second

SEQUENCE function

Math and trigonometry:    Generates a list of sequential numbers in an array, such as 1, 2, 3, 4

SERIESSUM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of a power series based on the formula

SHEET function

Information:    Returns the sheet number of the referenced sheet

SHEETS function

Information:    Returns the number of sheets in a reference

SIGN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sign of a number

SIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sine of the given angle

SINH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number

SKEW function

Statistical:    Returns the skewness of a distribution

SKEW.P function

Statistical:    Returns the skewness of a distribution based on a population: a characterization of the degree of asymmetry of a distribution around its mean

SLN function

Financial:    Returns the straight-line depreciation of an asset for one period

SLOPE function

Statistical:    Returns the slope of the linear regression line

SMALL function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set

SORT function

Lookup and reference:    Sorts the contents of a range or array

SORTBY function

Lookup and reference:    Sorts the contents of a range or array based on the values in a corresponding range or array

SQRT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a positive square root

SQRTPI function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the square root of (number * pi)

STANDARDIZE function

Statistical:    Returns a normalized value

STOCKHISTORY function

Financial:    Retrieves historical data about a financial instrument

STDEV function

Compatibility:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

STDEV.P function

Statistical:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

STDEV.S function

Statistical:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

STDEVA function

Statistical:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

STDEVP function

Compatibility:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

STDEVPA function

Statistical:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

STEYX function

Statistical:    Returns the standard error of the predicted y-value for each x in the regression

SUBSTITUTE function

Text:    Substitutes new text for old text in a text string

SUBTOTAL function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a subtotal in a list or database

SUM function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds its arguments

SUMIF function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds the cells specified by a given criteria

SUMIFS function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds the cells in a range that meet multiple criteria

SUMPRODUCT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the products of corresponding array components

SUMSQ function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the squares of the arguments

SUMX2MY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the difference of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

SUMX2PY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the sum of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

SUMXMY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of squares of differences of corresponding values in two arrays

SWITCH function

Logical:    Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the result corresponding to the first matching value. If there is no match, an optional default value may be returned.

SYD function

Financial:    Returns the sum-of-years’ digits depreciation of an asset for a specified period

T function

Text:    Converts its arguments to text

TAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the tangent of a number

TANH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number

TAKE

Lookup and reference:    Returns a specified number of contiguous rows or columns from the start or end of an array

TBILLEQ function

Financial:    Returns the bond-equivalent yield for a Treasury bill

TBILLPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value for a Treasury bill

TBILLYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield for a Treasury bill

T.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the Percentage Points (probability) for the Student t-distribution

T.DIST.2T function

Statistical:    Returns the Percentage Points (probability) for the Student t-distribution

T.DIST.RT function

Statistical:    Returns the Student’s t-distribution

TDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the Student’s t-distribution

TEXT function

Text:    Formats a number and converts it to text

TEXTAFTER

Text:    Returns text that occurs after given character or string

TEXTBEFORE

Text:    Returns text that occurs before a given character or string

TEXTJOIN

Text:    Combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings

TEXTSPLIT

Text:    Splits text strings by using column and row delimiters

TIME function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of a particular time

TIMEVALUE function

Date and time:    Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number

T.INV function

Statistical:    Returns the t-value of the Student’s t-distribution as a function of the probability and the degrees of freedom

T.INV.2T function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the Student’s t-distribution

TINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the Student’s t-distribution

TOCOL

Lookup and reference:    Returns the array in a single column

TOROW

Lookup and reference:    Returns the array in a single row

TODAY function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of today’s date

TRANSPOSE function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the transpose of an array

TREND function

Statistical:    Returns values along a linear trend

TRIM function

Text:    Removes spaces from text

TRIMMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the mean of the interior of a data set

TRUE function

Logical:    Returns the logical value TRUE

TRUNC function

Math and trigonometry:    Truncates a number to an integer

T.TEST function

Statistical:    Returns the probability associated with a Student’s t-test

TTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the probability associated with a Student’s t-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

TYPE function

Information:    Returns a number indicating the data type of a value

UNICHAR function

Text:    Returns the Unicode character that is references by the given numeric value

UNICODE function

Text:    Returns the number (code point) that corresponds to the first character of the text

UNIQUE function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a list of unique values in a list or range

UPPER function

Text:    Converts text to uppercase

VALUE function

Text:    Converts a text argument to a number

VALUETOTEXT

Text:    Returns text from any specified value

VAR function

Compatibility:    Estimates variance based on a sample

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

VAR.P function

Statistical:    Calculates variance based on the entire population

VAR.S function

Statistical:    Estimates variance based on a sample

VARA function

Statistical:    Estimates variance based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

VARP function

Compatibility:    Calculates variance based on the entire population

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

VARPA function

Statistical:    Calculates variance based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

VDB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified or partial period by using a declining balance method

VLOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks in the first column of an array and moves across the row to return the value of a cell

VSTACK

Look and reference:    Appends arrays vertically and in sequence to return a larger array

WEBSERVICE function

Web:    Returns data from a web service.

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

WEEKDAY function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a day of the week

WEEKNUM function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week falls numerically with a year

WEIBULL function

Compatibility:    Calculates variance based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

WEIBULL.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the Weibull distribution

WORKDAY function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays

WORKDAY.INTL function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days

WRAPCOLS

Look and reference:    Wraps the provided row or column of values by columns after a specified number of elements

WRAPROWS

Look and reference:    Wraps the provided row or column of values by rows after a specified number of elements

XIRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic

XLOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn’t exist, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match. 

XMATCH function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the relative position of an item in an array or range of cells. 

XNPV function

Financial:    Returns the net present value for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic

XOR function

Logical:    Returns a logical exclusive OR of all arguments

YEAR function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a year

YEARFRAC function

Date and time:    Returns the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end_date

YIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield on a security that pays periodic interest

YIELDDISC function

Financial:    Returns the annual yield for a discounted security; for example, a Treasury bill

YIELDMAT function

Financial:    Returns the annual yield of a security that pays interest at maturity

Z.TEST function

Statistical:    Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test

ZTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

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Learn how to use all 300+ Excel formulas and functions including worksheet functions entered in the formula bar and VBA functions used in Macros.

Worksheet formulas are built-in functions that are entered as part of a formula in a cell. These are the most basic functions used when learning Excel. VBA functions are built-in functions that are used in Excel’s programming environment called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

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Other

This is the list of all functions in Excel with a definition
of what they do.

The basics can be found
here for function on numbers,
here for functions on words.

A Formula is an expression that you create and which
calculates the value of a cell. 

A Function is a predefined formula and is already available
in Excel (like Sinus, Logarithm, PMT, …)  All the functions are listed here under.

In complex formulas, naming the cells is essential. Look
here how this is done. How to use the
name manager and have a readable spreadsheet.

• Date and Time Functions
• Lookup and reference function
• Engineering Functions
• Financial Functions
• Logical Functions
• Text Functions
• Math and trigonometry functions
• Statistical functions
• Database function
• Information functions

Date and time functions

Date and Time functions help you deal with dates and durations, and
birthdays and days until birthday, etc….. Beware it works only from 1
January 1900….. if you want to deal with the real past, then special tricks
and add in are needed.

DATE: The serial number of a particular date

DATEVALUE: Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number

DAY: Converts a serial number to a day of the month

DAYS360: Calculates the number of days between two dates based on a
360-day year

EDATE: The serial number of the date that is the indicated number of
months before or after the start date

EOMONTH: The serial number of the last day of the month before or after a
specified number of months

HOUR: Converts a serial number to an hour

MINUTE: Converts a serial number to a minute

MONTH: Converts a serial number to a month

NETWORKDAYS: The number of whole workdays between two dates

NOW: The serial number of the current date and time

SECOND: Converts a serial number to a second

TIME: The serial number of a particular time

TIMEVALUE: Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number

TODAY: The serial number of today’s date

WEEKDAY: Converts a serial number to a day of the week

WEEKNUM: Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week
falls numerically with a year

WORKDAY: The serial number of the date before or after a specified number
of workdays

YEAR: Converts a serial number to a year

YEARFRAC: The year fraction representing the number of whole days between
start_date and end_date

Lookup and reference function

In these functions, the most useful are VLookup and HLookup which allow
you to find items in rows or columns.

ADDRESS: A reference as text to a single cell in a worksheet:

AREAS: The number of areas in a reference (not so used)

CHOOSE: Chooses a value from a list of values

COLUMN: The column number of a reference

COLUMNS: The number of columns in a reference

GETPIVOTDATA: data stored in a PivotTable

HLOOKUP: Looks in the top row of an array and returns the value of the
indicated cell

HYPERLINK: Creates a shortcut or jump that opens a document stored on a
network server, an intranet, or the Internet

INDEX: Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array

INDIRECT: A reference indicated by a text value.
Find the value of a cell by indicating its address in text form. Extremely useful.

LOOKUP: Looks up values in a vector or array

MATCH: Looks up values in a reference or array

OFFSET: A reference offset from a given reference. Here a good example to find the number of days in a month.

ROW: The row number of a reference

ROWS: The number of rows in a reference

RTD: Retrieves real-time data from a program that supports COM automation

TRANSPOSE: The transpose of an array

VLOOKUP: Looks in the first column of an array and moves across the row
to return the value of a cell

Logical functions or Boolean functions

Logical Functions are here to test statements like is this AND that both
TRUE and if this is the case then DO something…

AND: TRUE if all of its arguments are TRUE

FALSE: The logical value FALSE

IF: Specifies a logical test to perform

IFERROR: Handle if there is an error

NOT: Reverses the logic of its argument

OR: TRUE if any argument is TRUE

TRUE: The logical value TRUE

Text functions

These functions allow you to juggle with text. To convert, to extract, to
concatenate, to add and remove text from sentences, etc….Extremely useful.

ASC: Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within
a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters

BAHTTEXT: Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format

CHAR: The character specified by the code number

CLEAN: Removes all nonprintable characters from text

CODE: A numeric code for the first character in a text string

CONCATENATE: Joins several text items into one text item. Second example of CONCATENATE in Excel is here.

DOLLAR: Converts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format

EXACT: Checks to see if two text values are identical

FIND: Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive). Here another example.

FIXED: Formats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals

JIS: Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within
a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters

LEFT(): The left most characters from a text value. Here some more on LEFT, LEFTB

LEN function: The number of characters in a text string, some other example of the LEN, LENB

LOWER: Converts text to lowercase. Another example for change to Lowercase is here.

MID, MIDB: A specific number of characters from a text string starting at
the position you specify. Here another example of MID, MIDB

PHONETIC: Extracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string

PROPER: Capitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value

REPLACE, REPLACEB: Replaces characters within text

REPT: Repeats text a given number of times

RIGHT(): The rightmost characters from a text value: another example of RIGHT, RIGHTB

SEARCH, SEARCHB: Finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive). Another example here of the Search() function.

SUBSTITUTE: Substitutes new text for old text in a text string

T: Converts its arguments to text

TEXT: Formats a number and converts it to text

TRIM: Removes spaces from text

UPPER: Converts text to uppercase. Another example for changing to upper case in Excel is here.

VALUE: Converts a text argument to a number

Math and trigonometry functions

The math and trigonometry function are useful from early age math classes
for every student…. so use them wisely. You can trig, log, factorise and
inverse plus many more….

ABS: The absolute value of a number

ACOS: The arccosine of a number

ACOSH: The inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number

ACOT: inverse of the COT function

ACOTH: inverse hyperbolic cotangent of a number

ASIN: The arcsine of a number

ASINH: The inverse hyperbolic sine of a number

ATAN: The arctangent of a number

ATAN2: The arctangent from x- and y-coordinates

ATANH: The inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number

CSCH: Hyperbolic cosine of the number

CEILING: Rounds a number to the nearest integer or to the nearest
multiple of significance

COMBIN: The number of combinations for a given number of objects

COS: The cosine of an angle

COSH: The hyperbolic cosine of an angle

COT: returns the Cotangent of the angle

COTH: Hyperbolic cotangent of a number

CSC: Cosecant of an angle

DEGREES: Converts radians to degrees

EVEN: Rounds a number up to the nearest even integer

EXP: e raised to the power of a given number

FACT: The factorial of a number

FACTDOUBLE: The double factorial of a number

FLOOR: Rounds a number down, toward zero

GCD: The greatest common divisor

INT: Rounds a number down to the nearest integer

ISEVEN: boolean that determines if a number is even or odd

ISODD: boolean that determine if a number is odd (1, true) or even (0, false)

LCM: The least common multiple

LN: The natural logarithm of a number

LOG: The logarithm of a number to a specified base

LOG10: The base-10 logarithm of a number

MDETERM: The matrix determinant of an array

MINVERSE: The matrix inverse of an array

MMULT: The matrix product of two arrays

MOD: The remainder from division

MROUND: A number rounded to the desired multiple

MULTINOMIAL: The multinomial of a set of numbers

ODD: Rounds a number up to the nearest odd integer

PI: The value of pi. Used as PI().

POWER: The result of a number raised to a power

PRODUCT: Multiplies its arguments

QUOTIENT: The integer portion of a division

RADIANS: Converts degrees to radians

RAND: A random number between 0 and 1

RANDBETWEEN: A random number between the numbers you specify

ROMAN: Converts an arabic numeral to roman, as text

ROUND: Rounds a number to a specified number of digits

ROUNDDOWN: Rounds a number down, toward zero

ROUNDUP: Rounds a number up, away from zero

SEC: calculate the secant of an angle

SECH: Hyperbolic secant of the number

SERIESSUM: The sum of a power series based on the formula

SIGN: The sign of a number

SIN: The sine of the given angle

SINH: The hyperbolic sine of an angle

SQRT: A positive square root

SQRTPI: The square root of (number * pi)

SUBTOTAL: A subtotal in a list or database. Another example of Subtotal in Excel is here.

SUM: Adds its arguments

SUMIF: Adds the cells specified by a given criteria

SUMIFS: Adds the cells specified by more than one given criteria

SUMPRODUCT: The sum of the products of corresponding array components

SUMSQ: The sum of the squares of the arguments

SUMX2MY2: The sum of the difference of squares of corresponding values in
two arrays

SUMX2PY2: The sum of the sum of squares of corresponding values in two
arrays

SUMXMY2: The sum of squares of differences of corresponding values in two
arrays

TAN: The tangent of an angle

TANH: The hyperbolic tangent of an angle

TRUNC: Truncates a number to an integer

Statistical functions

Statistical function allow engineers, statistitian to calculate
probabilities of things happening or not….. you could use it to calculate
the next loto numbers…..

AVEDEV: The average of the absolute deviations of data points from their
mean

AVERAGE: The average of its arguments

AVERAGEA: The average of its arguments, including numbers, text, and
logical values

BETADIST: The beta cumulative distribution function

BETAINV: The inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a
specified beta distribution

BINOMDIST: The individual term binomial distribution probability

CHIDIST: The one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

CHIINV: The inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared
distribution

CHITEST: The test for independence

CONFIDENCE: The confidence interval for a population mean

CORREL: The correlation coefficient between two data sets

COUNT: Counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments

COUNTA: Counts how many values are in the list of arguments
(does not count the empty cells)

COUNTBLANK: Counts the number of blank cells within a range

COUNTIF: Counts the number of nonblank cells within a range that meet the
given criteria (one only). A second example here.

COUNTIFS: Counts the number of nonblank cells within a range that meet multiple
given criteria

COVAR: covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations

CRITBINOM: The smallest value for which the cumulative binomial
distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value

DEVSQ: The sum of squares of deviations

EXPONDIST: The exponential distribution

FDIST: The F probability distribution

FINV: The inverse of the F probability distribution

FISHER: The Fisher transformation

FISHERINV: The inverse of the Fisher transformation

FORECAST: A value along a linear trend

FREQUENCY: A frequency distribution as a vertical array

FTEST: The result of an F-test

GAMMADIST: The gamma distribution

GAMMAINV: The inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution

GAMMALN: The natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GEOMEAN: The geometric mean

GROWTH: Values along an exponential trend

HARMEAN: The harmonic mean

HYPGEOMDIST: The hypergeometric distribution

INTERCEPT: The intercept of the linear regression line

KURT: The kurtosis of a data set

LARGE: The k-th largest value in a data set

LINEST: The parameters of a linear trend

LOGEST: The parameters of an exponential trend

LOGINV: The inverse of the lognormal distribution

LOGNORMDIST: The cumulative lognormal distribution

MAX: The maximum value in a list of arguments

MAXA: The maximum value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text,
and logical values

MEDIAN: The median of the given numbers

MIN: The minimum value in a list of arguments

MINA: The smallest value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text,
and logical values

MODE: The most common value in a data set

NEGBINOMDIST: The negative binomial distribution

NORMDIST: The normal cumulative distribution

NORMINV: The inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

NORMSDIST: The standard normal cumulative distribution

NORMSINV: The inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

PEARSON: The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

PERCENTILE: The k-th percentile of values in a range

PERCENTRANK: The percentage rank of a value in a data set

PERMUT: The number of permutations for a given number of objects. Very useful for basic school statistic

POISSON: The Poisson distribution

PROB: The probability that values in a range are between two limits

QUARTILE: The quartile of a data set

RANK: The rank of a number in a list of numbers

RSQ: The square of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

SKEW: The skewness of a distribution

SLOPE: The slope of the linear regression line

SMALL: The k-th smallest value in a data set

STANDARDIZE: A normalized value based on mean and std

STDEV: Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

STDEVA: Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, including
numbers, text, and logical values

STDEVP: Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

STDEVPA: Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population,
including numbers, text, and logical values

STEYX: The standard error of the predicted y-value for each x in the
regression

TDIST: The Student’s t-distribution

TINV: The inverse of the Student’s t-distribution

TREND: Values along a linear trend

TRIMMEAN: The mean of the interior of a data set

TTEST: The probability associated with a Student’s t-test

VAR: Estimates variance based on a sample

VARA: Estimates variance based on a sample, including numbers, text, and
logical values

VARP: Calculates variance based on the entire population

VARPA: Calculates variance based on the entire population, including
numbers, text, and logical values

WEIBULL: The Weibull distribution

ZTEST: The one-tailed probability-value of a z-test

Engineering functions

Engineering functions deal with tough stuff only engineers grasp (;-)….
Like complex number, binary numbers, conversions from binary to hexadecimal
(the base of computing)….

BESSELI: The modified Bessel function In(x)

BESSELJ: The Bessel function Jn(x)

BESSELK: The modified Bessel function Kn(x)

BESSELY: The Bessel function Yn(x)

BIN2DEC: Converts a binary number to decimal

BIN2HEX: Converts a binary number to hexadecimal

BIN2OCT: Converts a binary number to octal

COMPLEX: Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number

CONVERT: Converts a number from one measurement system to another

DEC2BIN: Converts a decimal number to binary

DEC2HEX: Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal

DEC2OCT: Converts a decimal number to octal

DELTA: Tests whether two values are equal

ERF: The error function

ERFC: The complementary error function

GESTEP: Tests whether a number is greater than a threshold value

HEX2BIN: Converts a hexadecimal number to binary

HEX2DEC: Converts a hexadecimal number to decimal

HEX2OCT: Converts a hexadecimal number to octal

IMABS: The absolute value (modulus) of a complex number

IMAGINARY: The imaginary coefficient of a complex number

IMARGUMENT: The argument theta, an angle expressed in radians

IMCONJUGATE: The complex conjugate of a complex number

IMCOS: The cosine of a complex number

IMCOSH: The hyperbolic cosine of a complex number

IMCOT: the cotangent of an imaginary number or complex number

IMCSC: the cosecant of an imaginary number

IMCSCH: hyperbolic cosecant of an imaginary number

IMDIV: The quotient of two complex numbers

IMEXP: The exponential of a complex number

IMLN: The natural logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG10: The base-10 logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG2: The base-2 logarithm of a complex number

IMPOWER: A complex number raised to an integer power

IMPRODUCT: The product of from 2 to 29 complex numbers

IMREAL: The real coefficient of a complex number

IMSEC: the Secant of an imaginary number

IMSECH: the hyperbolic secant of an imaginary number or complex number

IMSIN: The sine of a complex number

IMSINH: the hyperbolic sinus of an complex number

IMSQRT: The square root of a complex number

IMSUB: The difference between two complex numbers

IMSUM: The sum of complex numbers

IMTAN: the tangent of an imaginary number

OCT2BIN: Converts an octal number to binary

OCT2DEC: Converts an octal number to decimal

OCT2HEX: Converts an octal number to hexadecimal

Financial functions

Financial functions help you deal with investment, budgets, interest,
loans….

ACCRINT : the accrued interest for a security that pays periodic interest

ACCRINTM : the accrued interest for a security that pays interest at
maturity

AMORDEGRC : the depreciation for each accounting period by using a
depreciation coefficient

AMORLINC : the depreciation for each accounting period

COUPDAYBS : the number of days from the beginning of the coupon period to
the settlement date

COUPDAYS : the number of days in the coupon period that contains the
settlement date

COUPDAYSNC : the number of days from the settlement date to the next
coupon date

COUPNCD : the next coupon date after the settlement date

COUPNUM : the number of coupons payable between the settlement date and
maturity date

COUPPCD : the previous coupon date before the settlement date

CUMIPMT : the cumulative interest paid between two periods

CUMPRINC : the cumulative principal paid on a loan between two periods

DB : the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the
fixed-declining balance method

DDB : the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the
double-declining balance method or some other method that you specify

DISC : the discount rate for a security

DOLLARDE : Converts a dollar price, expressed as a fraction, into a
dollar price, expressed as a decimal number

DOLLARFR : Converts a dollar price, expressed as a decimal number, into a
dollar price, expressed as a fraction

DURATION : the annual duration of a security with periodic interest
payments

EFFECT : the effective annual interest rate

FV : the future value of an investment

FVSCHEDULE : the future value of an initial principal after applying a
series of compound interest rates

INTRATE : the interest rate for a fully invested security

IPMT : the interest payment for an investment for a given period

IRR : the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows

ISPMT : Calculates the interest paid during a specific period of an
investment

MDURATION : the Macauley modified duration for a security with an assumed
par value of $100

MIRR : the internal rate of return where positive and negative cash flows
are financed at different rates

NOMINAL : the annual nominal interest rate

NPER : the number of periods for an investment

NPV : the net present value of an investment based on a series of
periodic cash flows and a discount rate

ODDFPRICE : the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd first
period

ODDFYIELD : the yield of a security with an odd first period

ODDLPRICE : the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd last
period

ODDLYIELD : the yield of a security with an odd last period

PMT : the periodic payment for an annuity

PPMT : the payment on the principal for an investment for a given period

PRICE : the price per $100 face value of a security that pays periodic
interest

PRICEDISC : the price per $100 face value of a discounted security

PRICEMAT : the price per $100 face value of a security that pays interest
at maturity

PV : the present value of an investment

RATE : the interest rate per period of an annuity

RECEIVED : the amount received at maturity for a fully invested security

SLN : the straight-line depreciation of an asset for one period

SYD : the sum-of-years’ digits depreciation of an asset for a specified
period

TBILLEQ : the bond-equivalent yield for a Treasury bill

TBILLPRICE : the price per $100 face value for a Treasury bill

TBILLYIELD : the yield for a Treasury bill

VDB : the depreciation of an asset for a specified or partial period by
using a declining balance method

XIRR : the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash flows that is
not necessarily periodic

XNPV : the net present value for a schedule of cash flows that is not
necessarily periodic

YIELD : the yield on a security that pays periodic interest

YIELDDISC : the annual yield for a discounted security

YIELDMAT : the annual yield of a security that pays interest at maturity

Database functions

Database in excel functions in Excel allow you to work on table and find
out some basic informations about the data entered.

DAVERAGE: The average of selected database entries

DCOUNT: Counts the cells that contain numbers in a database

DCOUNTA: Counts nonblank cells in a database

DGET: Extracts from a database a single record that matches the specified
criteria

DMAX: The maximum value from selected database entries

DMIN: The minimum value from selected database entries

DPRODUCT: Multiplies the values in a particular field of records that
match the criteria in a database

DSTDEV: Estimates the standard deviation based on a sample of selected
database entries

DSTDEVP: Calculates the standard deviation based on the entire population
of selected database entries

DSUM: Adds the numbers in the field column of records in the database
that match the criteria

DVAR: Estimates variance based on a sample from selected database entries

DVARP: Calculates variance based on the entire population of selected
database entries

Information functions

Information functions give you INFORMATION about the content of cells. Is
this a number, is there an error, etc….typically you can test for errors and
insteaf of having these errors like #NAME that have no meaning for the user,
then you can replace them with a text message.

CELL: Information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell

ERROR.TYPE: A number corresponding to an error type

INFO: Information about the current operating environment

ISBLANK: TRUE if the value is blank

ISERR: TRUE if the value is any error value except #N/A

ISERROR: TRUE if the value is any error value

ISEVEN: TRUE if the number is even

ISFORMULA: checks if a cell contains a formula

ISLOGICAL: TRUE if the value is a logical value

ISNA: TRUE if the value is the #N/A error value

ISNONTEXT: TRUE if the value is not text

ISNUMBER: TRUE if the value is a number

ISODD: TRUE if the number is odd

ISREF: TRUE if the value is a reference

ISTEXT: TRUE if the value is text

N: A value converted to a number

NA: The error value #N/A

TYPE: A number indicating the data type of a value

So that’s it for the functions
in Excel. 

These were only some basics. Now you will learn by doing.

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