Mini Excel Function Guide
Mini Excel Function Guide
FUNCTION GUIDE
DATE & TIME FUNCTIONS
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
DATEDIF Calculates the number of days, months, or years between two dates based on the specified unit
EDATE Calculates the date that’s a specified number of months from a given start date
TEXT FUNCTIONS
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
LEFT Extracts a specified number of characters from the left of the text string
RIGHT Extracts a specified number of characters from the right of the text string
MID Extracts a specified number of characters from the middle of the text string
EXACT Checks to see if two cells equal each other. Returns TRUE if the cells equal each other and FALSE if the cells do
not equal each other
COUNTA Counts the number of values that contain any type of data (non-blank cells)
SUMIF Sums the cells within a range that meet a certain criteria. If a cell does not meet the criteria, it'll be excluded from the
calculation
LOOKUP FUNCTIONS
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
INDEX Looks up the position of a cell in an array and returns the cell's contents
MATCH Looks up a value in an array and returns the position of the value within the array
XMATCH Looks up a value in an array and returns the position of the value within the array with more dynamic search abilities
VLOOKUP Looks up a value in the first column of an array vertically and returns a corresponding value to the right
HLOOKUP Looks up a value in the first row horizontally in an array of data and returns a corresponding value below
XLOOKUP Looks up a value in an array and returns a corresponding value in another array