Excel Practice 1.3
Excel Practice 1.3
WORKDAY
=WORKDAY(start_date, days, [holidays])
Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays
H. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
67. AREAS
=AREAS(reference)
Returns the number of areas in a reference. An area is a range of contiguous cells or a single
cell
68. CHAR
=CHAR(number)
Returns the character specified by the code number from the character set for your computer
69. CODE
=CODE(text)
Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string, in the character set used by your
computer
70. CLEAN
=CLEAN(text)
Removes all non-printable characters from text. Examples of Non-Printable Characters are
Tab, New Line characters. Their codes are 9 and 10.
71. TRIM
=TRIM(text)
Removes all spaces from a text string except for single spaces between words
72. LEN
=LEN(text)
Returns the number of characters in a text string
73. COLUMN() & ROW() Functions
=COLUMN([reference])
Returns the column number of a reference
=ROW([reference])
Returns the row number of a reference
74. EXACT
=EXACT(text1, text2)
Checks whether two text strings are exactly the same, and returns TRUE or FALSE. EXACT
is case-sensitive
75. FORMULATEXT
=FORMULATEXT(reference)
Returns a formula as a string
76. LEFT(), RIGHT(), and MID() Functions
=LEFT(text, [num_chars])
Returns the specified number of characters from the start of a text string
=MID(text, start_num, num_chars)
Returns the characters from the middle of a text string, given a starting position and length
=RIGHT(text, [num_chars])
Returns the specified number of characters from the end of a text string
77. LOWER(), PROPER(), and UPPER() Functions
=LOWER(text)
Converts all letters in a text string to lowercase
=PROPER(text)
Converts a text string to proper case; the first letter in each word in uppercase, and all other
letters to lowercase
=UPPER(text)
Converts a text string to all uppercase letters
78. REPT
=REPT(text, number_times)
Repeats text a given number of times. Use REPT to fill a cell with a number of instances of a
text string
79. SHEET
=SHEET([value])
Returns the sheet number of the referenced sheet
80. SHEETS
=SHEETS([reference])
Returns the number of sheets in a reference
81. TRANSPOSE
=TRANSPOSE(array)
Converts a vertical range of cells to a horizontal range, or vice versa
82. TYPE
=TYPE(value)
Returns an integer represnting the data type of a value: number = 1, text = 2; logical value =
4, error value = 16; array = 64
83. VALUE
=VALUE(text)
Converts a text string that represents a number to a number
I. RANK FUNCTIONS
84. RANK
=RANK(number, ref, [order])
This function is available for compatibility with Excel 2007 and others.
Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers: its size relative to other values in the list
85. RANK.AVG
=RANK.AVG(number, ref, [order])
Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers: its size relative to other values in the list; if
more than one value has the same rank, the average rank is returned
86. RANK.EQ
=RANK.EQ(number, ref, [order])
Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers: its size relative to other values in the list; if
more than one value has the same rank, the top rank of that set of values is returned
J. LOGICAL FUNCTIONS
87. AND
=AND(logical1, [logical2], [logical3], [logical4], …)
Checks whether all arguments are TRUE, and returns TRUE when all arguments are TRUE
88. NOT
=NOT(logical)
Changes FALSE to TRUE, or TRUE to FALSE
89. OR
=OR(logical1, [logical2], [logical3], [logical4], …)
Checks whether any of the arguments is TRUE, and returns TRUE or FALSE. Returns
FALSE only when all arguments are FALSE