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Date and time

month

day

DATEDIF
Get days, months, or years between two dates
start_date

end_date

unit

DATEVALUE
Convert a date in text format to a valid date
date_text

DAY
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Get the day as a number (1-31) from a date

DAYS360
Get days between 2 dates in a 360-day year
start_date

start_date

method

EDATE
Get the same date in future or past months
start_date

months

EOMONTH
Get the last day of the month in future or past months
start_date

months

HOUR
Get the hour as a number (0-23) from a Time
serial_number

MINUTE
Get the minute as a number (0-59) from a time
serial_number

MONTH
Get the month as a number (1-12) from a date
date

NETWORKDAYS
Get the number of working days between two dates
start_date

end_date

holidays

NETWORKDAYS.INTL
Get work days between two dates
start_date
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end_date

weekend

holidays
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NOW
Get the current date and time
SECOND
Get the Second as a number (0-59) from a Time
serial_number

TIME
Create a time with hours, minutes, and seconds
hour

minute

second

TIMEVALUE
Get a valid time from a text string
time_text

TODAY
Get the current date
WEEKDAY
Get the day of the week as a number
serial_number

return_type

WEEKNUM
Get the week number for a given date
serial_num

return_type

WORKDAY
Get a date n working days in the future or past
start_date

days

holidays

WORKDAY.INTL
Get date n working days in future or past
start_date

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days

weekend

holidays

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YEAR
Get the year from a date
date

YEARFRAC
Get the fraction of a year between two dates
start_date

end_date

basis

Engineering
CONVERT
Convert measurement units
number

from_unit

to_unit

Financial
FV
Get the future value of an investment
rate

nper

pmt

pv

type

NPER
Get the number of periods for an investment
rate

pmt

pv

fv

type

PMT
Get the periodic payment for a loan
rate

pmt

pv

fv

type

PV
Get the present value of an investment
rate
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nper

pmt

fv

type
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RATE
Get the interest rate per period of an annuity
nper

pmt

pv

fv

type

guess

Information
CELL
Get information about a cell
info_type

reference

ERROR.TYPE
Test for a specific error value
error_val

ISBLANK
Test if a cell is empty
value

ISERR
Test for any error but #N/A
value

ISERROR
Test for any error
value

ISEVEN
Test if a value is even
value

ISLOGICAL
Test if a value is logical
value
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ISNA
Test for the #N/A error
value

ISNONTEXT
Test for a non-text value
value

ISNUMBER
Test for numeric value
value

ISODD
Test if a value is odd
value

ISREF
Test for a reference
value

ISTEXT
Test for a text value
value

N
Convert a value to a number
value

NA
Create an #N/A error
TYPE
Get the type of value in a cell
value
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Logical
AND
Test multiple conditions with AND
logical1

logical2

...

FALSE
Generate the logical value FALSE
IF
Test for a specific condition
logical_test

value_if_true

value_if_false

IFERROR
Trap and handle errors
value

value_if_error

NOT
Reverse arguments or results
logical

OR
Test multiple conditions with OR
logical1

logical2

...

TRUE
Generate the logical value TRUE

Lookup and reference

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Create a cell address from a given row and column

col_num

abs_num

a1

sheet

AREAS
Get the number of areas in a reference.
reference

CHOOSE
Get a value from a list based on position
index_num

value1

value2

...

COLUMN
Get the column number of a reference.
reference

COLUMNS
Get the number of columns in an array or reference.
array

HLOOKUP
Look up a value in a table by matching on the first row
value

table

row_index

range_lookup

HYPERLINK
Create a clickable link.
link_location

friendly_name

INDEX
Get a value in a list or table based on location
array

row_num

col_num

area_num

INDIRECT
Create a reference from text
ref_text
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LOOKUP
Look up a value in a one-column range
lookup_value

lookup_vector

result_vector

MATCH
Get the position of an item in an array
lookup_value

lookup_array

match_type

OFFSET
Create a reference offset from given starting point
reference

rows

cols

height

width

ROW
Get the row number of a reference
reference

ROWS
Get the number of rows in an array or reference.
array

TRANSPOSE
Flip the orientation of a range of cells
array

VLOOKUP
Lookup a value in a table by matching on the first column
value

table

col_index

range_lookup

Math
ABS
Find the absolute value of a number
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number

CEILING
Round a number up to the nearest specified multiple
number

multiple

COS
Get the cosine of an angle
number

DEGREES
Converts an angle into degrees
angle

EVEN
Round a number up to the next even integer
number

EXP
Find the value of e raised to the power of a number
number

FACT
Find the factorial of a number
number

FLOOR
Round a number down to the nearest specified multiple
number

multiple

GCD
Get the greatest common divisor of two or more numbers
number1

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number2

...

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INT
Get the integer part of a decimal by rounding down
number

LCM
Get the least common multiple or two or more numbers
number1

number2

...

LOG
Get the logarithm of a number
number

base

LOG10
Get the base-10 logarithm of a number
number

MOD
Get the remainder from division
number

divisor

MROUND
Round a number to the nearest specified multiple
number

multiple

ODD
Round a number up to the next odd integer
number

PI
Get the value of
RADIANS
Converts an angle into radians
angle
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RAND
Get a random number between 0 and 1
RANDBETWEEN
Get a random integer between two values
bottom

top

ROUND
Round a number to a given number of digits
number

num_digits

ROUNDDOWN
Round a number down to a given number of digits
number

num_digits

ROUNDUP
Round a number up to a given number of digits
number

num_digits

SIGN
Get the sign of a number.
number

SIN
Get the sine of an angle
number

SQRT
Find the positive square root of a number
number

SUBTOTAL
Get a subtotal in a list or database
function_num
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ref1

ref2

...
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SUM
Add numbers together
number1

number2

number3

...

SUMIF
Sum numbers in a range that meet supplied criteria
range

criteria

sum_range

SUMIFS
Sum cells that match multiple criteria
sum_range

range1

criteria1

range2

criteria2

...

SUMPRODUCT
Multiply, then sum arrays
array1

array2

...

TAN
Get the tangent of an angle.
number

TRUNC
Truncate a number to a given precision
number

num_digits

Statistical
AVERAGE
Get the average of a group of numbers
number1

number2

...

AVERAGEA
Get the average of a group of numbers and text
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value1

value2

...

AVERAGEIF
Get the average of numbers that meet criteria
range

criteria

average_range

AVERAGEIFS
Average cells that match multiple criteria
avg_rng

range1

criteria1

range2

criteria2

...

COUNT
Count numbers
value1

value2

...

COUNTA
Count the number of non-blank cells
value1

value2

...

COUNTBLANK
Count cells that are blank
range

COUNTIF
Count cells that match criteria
range

criteria

COUNTIFS
Count cells that match multiple criteria
range1

criteria1

range2

criteria2

...

FREQUENCY
Get the frequency of values in a data set
data_array

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LARGE
Get the nth largest value
array

MAX
Get the largest value
array

MEDIAN
Get the median of a group of numbers
number1

number2

...

MIN
Get the smallest value.
array

MODE
Get the mode of a group of numbers
number1

number2

...

RANK
Rank a number against a range of numbers
number

array

order

SMALL
Get the nth smallest value
array

STDEV
Get the standard deviation in a sample
number1

number2

...

STDEV.P
Get standard deviation of population
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number1

number2

...

STDEV.S
Get the standard deviation in a sample
number1

number2

...

STDEVP
Get standard deviation of population
number1

number2

...

Text
CHAR
Get a character from a number
number

CLEAN
Strip non-printable characters from text
text

CODE
Get the code for a character
text

CONCATENATE
Join text together
text1

text2

text3

...

DOLLAR
Convert a number to text in currency format
number

decimals

EXACT
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Compare two text strings

text2

FIND
Get the location of text in a string
find_text

within_text

start_num

LEFT
Extract text from the left of a string
text

num_chars

LEN
Get the length of text.
text

LOWER
Convert text to lower case
text

MID
Extract text from inside a string
text

start_num

num_chars

PROPER
Capitalize the first letter in each word
text

REPLACE
Replace text based on location
old_text

start_num

num_chars

new_text

REPT
Repeat text as specified
text
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RIGHT
Extract text from the right of a string
text

num_chars

SEARCH
Get the location of text in a string
find_text

within_text

start_num

SUBSTITUTE
Replace text based on content
text

old_text

new_text

instance

TEXT
Convert a number to text in a number format
value

format_text

TRIM
Remove extra spaces from text
text

UPPER
Convert text to upper case
text

VALUE
Convert text to a number
text

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