EXCEL FUNCTIONS – FULL LIST

This is a complete alphabetical list of all the Functions in Excel with a description. To see the syntax
and a more in depth description, the function is a link to the Microsoft Excel site.

FUNCTION TYPE AND DESCRIPTION

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
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
AREAS function Lookup and reference: Returns the number of areas in a reference
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
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 Statistical: Returns the beta cumulative distribution function
BETAINV 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 Statistical: Returns the individual term binomial distribution
probability
CALL function Add-in and Automation: Calls a procedure in a dynamic link library
or code resource
CEILING function Math and trigonometry: Rounds a number to the nearest integer or
to the nearest multiple of significance
CELL function Information: Returns information about the formatting, location, or
contents of a cell
CHAR function Text: Returns the character specified by the code number
CHIDIST function Statistical: Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared
distribution
CHIINV function Statistical: Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the
chi-squared distribution
CHITEST function Statistical: Returns the test for independence
CHOOSE function Lookup and reference: Chooses a value from a list of values
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
COMPLEX function Engineering: Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex
number
CONCATENATE function Text: Joins several text items into one text item
CONFIDENCE function Statistical: Returns the confidence interval for a population mean
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
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 Statistical: Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired
deviations
CRITBINOM function Statistical: Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative
binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value
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 Cube: Returns the value of a member property in the cube. Use to
function validate that a member name exists within the cube and to return the
specified property for this member.
CUBERANKEDMEMBER Cube: Returns the nth, or ranked, member in a set. Use to return one
function 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ERFC function Engineering: Returns the complementary error function
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
EXPONDIST function Statistical: Returns the exponential distribution
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
FDIST function Statistical: Returns the F probability distribution
FIND, FINDB functions Text: Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)
FINV function Statistical: Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution
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 Math and trigonometry: Rounds a number down, toward zero
FORECAST function Statistical: Returns a value along a linear trend
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