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This document discusses functions in Excel. It defines a function as a predefined formula that begins with an equal sign followed by the function name and arguments in parentheses. There are several types of functions including math, logical, statistical, text, and date/time functions. The document provides examples of common functions within each category. It also describes the Function Wizard, which prompts the user for function parameters and provides a description and formula result.

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Chapter: 5.5 Functions Topic: 5.5.1 Functions: E-Content of It Tools and Business System

This document discusses functions in Excel. It defines a function as a predefined formula that begins with an equal sign followed by the function name and arguments in parentheses. There are several types of functions including math, logical, statistical, text, and date/time functions. The document provides examples of common functions within each category. It also describes the Function Wizard, which prompts the user for function parameters and provides a description and formula result.

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Chapter : 5.5 Functions

Topic : 5.5.1 Functions

Functions
 A function is a predefined formula in Excel.
 Like formulas, functions begin with the equal sign ( = ) followed by the function's
name and its arguments.
 The function name tells Excel what calculation to perform.
 The arguments are contained inside round brackets.
 There are several types of functions in spreadsheet some of them are
 Math Functions
 Logical Functions
 Statistical Functions
 Text Functions
 Date and Time Functions
 Math Functions
 The Excel Math Functions are provided by Excel, to carry out many of the
common mathematical calculations, including basic arithmetic, conditional
sums & products, and the trigonometric ratios.
 E.g. ABS (), CEILING (), COS (), SIN (), LOG () etc.
 Logical Functions
 Logical functions are provided by Excel, to help the user to work with logical
values, TRUE and FALSE.
 They include boolean operators, conditional tests and functions to return the
constant logical values.
 E.g. IF (), NOT (), TRUE (), FALSE (), AND () etc.

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 Statistical Functions
 Excel provides a large selection of Statistical Functions, that perform most of
the common statistical calculations, from basic mean, median & mode
calculations to the more complex statistical distribution and probability tests.
 E.g. AVERAGE (), COUNT (), CORREL (), FDIST (), FINV () etc.
 Text Functions
 Text functions are provided by Excel, to help the user to work with text
strings.
 They include functions to return information about a text string, to apply
formatting to a text string, to convert between text and other data types, and
to cut up and join together text strings.
 E.g. FIND (), CONCATENATE (), LOWER (), UPPER (), MID () etc.
 Date and Time Functions
 Data and Time functions are used to calculate Dates, Times, and Days.
 E.g. DATE (), DAY (), MONTH (), HOUR (), MINUTE () etc.
Function wizard
 Function Wizard prompts user for the information their need to enter for each
function.
 Function Wizard can be useful if users are not sure of the correct format to use to
enter the formula.
 The Function Wizard also gives a description of the function at the bottom, as
well as presenting the formula result.

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FIG 5.16: Function Wizard

FIG 5.17: Function Wizard dialog box

 It also offers many built in functions which user can utilize.

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