Advanced Excel Functions Tutorial

Advanced Excel Functions
About the Tutorial

This Microsoft Excel tutorial teaches you how to create and use Excel functions. You can
use Excel functions to perform various mathematical, statistical, logical calculations. This
tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process.
Audience
This tutorial is intended for people who use Excel but are intimidated by the concept of
formulas and functions.
Prerequisites
This tutorial assumes your familiarity with basic fomulas for calculations in Excel.
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Table of Contents
About the Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ i
Audience ........................................................................................................................................................... i
Prerequisites ..................................................................................................................................................... i
Copyright & Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................... i
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................ ii
COMPATIBILITY FUNCTIONS........................................................................................................ 1
1. Compatibility Functions – Overview ...................................................................................................... 2
2. BETADIST Function ................................................................................................................................ 5
3. BETAINV Function.................................................................................................................................. 6
4. BINOMDIST Function ............................................................................................................................. 8
5. CEILING Function ................................................................................................................................. 10
6. CHIDIST Function ................................................................................................................................. 12
7. CHIINV Function .................................................................................................................................. 13
8. CHITEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 15
9. CONFIDENCE Function ......................................................................................................................... 17
10. COVAR Function .................................................................................................................................. 19
11. CRITBINOM Function ........................................................................................................................... 21
12. EXPONDIST Function ........................................................................................................................... 22
13. FDIST Function ..................................................................................................................................... 24
14. FINV Function ...................................................................................................................................... 26
15. FLOOR Function ................................................................................................................................... 28
16. FTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 30
17. GAMMADIST Function ......................................................................................................................... 32
18. GAMMAINV Function .......................................................................................................................... 34
19. HYPGEOMDIST Function ...................................................................................................................... 36
20. LOGINV Function ................................................................................................................................. 38
21. LOGNORMDIST Function ..................................................................................................................... 39
22. MODE Function ................................................................................................................................... 40
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23. NEGBINOMDIST Function .................................................................................................................... 42
24. NORMDIST Function ............................................................................................................................ 44
25. NORMINV Function ............................................................................................................................. 46
26. NORMSDIST Function .......................................................................................................................... 48
27. NORMSINV Function ........................................................................................................................... 49
28. PERCENTILE Function ........................................................................................................................... 50
29. PERCENTRANK Function ...................................................................................................................... 51
30. POISSON Function ............................................................................................................................... 53
31. QUARTILE Function .............................................................................................................................. 55
32. RANK Function .................................................................................................................................... 57
33. STDEV Function ................................................................................................................................... 59
34. STDEVP Function ................................................................................................................................. 61
35. TDIST Function..................................................................................................................................... 63
36. TINV Function ...................................................................................................................................... 65
37. TTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 67
38. VAR Function ....................................................................................................................................... 69
39. VARP Function ..................................................................................................................................... 71
40. WEIBULL Function ............................................................................................................................... 73
41. ZTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 75
CUBE FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 77
42. Cube Functions – Overview ................................................................................................................. 78
43. CUBEKPIMEMBER Function ................................................................................................................. 79
44. CUBEMEMBER Function ...................................................................................................................... 81
45. CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY Function ...................................................................................................... 83
46. CUBERANKEDMEMBER Function ......................................................................................................... 85
47. CUBESET Function................................................................................................................................ 87
48. CUBESETCOUNT Function .................................................................................................................... 89
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49. CUBEVALUE Function........................................................................................................................... 90
DATABASE FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 93
50. Database Functions – Overview........................................................................................................... 94
51. DAVERAGE Function ............................................................................................................................ 96
52. DCOUNT Function ................................................................................................................................ 98
53. DCOUNTA Function ........................................................................................................................... 100
54. DGET Function ................................................................................................................................... 102
55. DMAX Function ................................................................................................................................. 104
56. DMIN Function .................................................................................................................................. 106
57. DPRODUCT Function .......................................................................................................................... 108
58. DSTDEV Function ............................................................................................................................... 110
59. DSTDEVP Function ............................................................................................................................. 112
60. DSUM Function.................................................................................................................................. 114
61. DVAR Function .................................................................................................................................. 116
62. DVARP Function ................................................................................................................................ 118
DATE & TIME FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 120
63. Date & Time Functions – Overview .................................................................................................... 121
64. DATE Function ................................................................................................................................... 123
65. DATEDIF Function .............................................................................................................................. 125
66. DATEVALUE Function ......................................................................................................................... 127
67. DAY Function ..................................................................................................................................... 129
68. DAYS Function ................................................................................................................................... 131
69. DAYS360 Function ............................................................................................................................. 133
70. EDATE Function ................................................................................................................................. 135
71. EOMONTH Function .......................................................................................................................... 137
72. HOUR Function .................................................................................................................................. 139
73. ISOWEEKNUM Function ..................................................................................................................... 140
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74. MINUTE Function .............................................................................................................................. 141
75. MONTH Function ............................................................................................................................... 142
76. NETWORKDAYS Function ................................................................................................................... 143
77. NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function ........................................................................................................... 144
78. NOW Function ................................................................................................................................... 147
79. SECOND Function .............................................................................................................................. 149
80. TIME Function ................................................................................................................................... 151
81. TIMEVALUE Function ......................................................................................................................... 153
82. TODAY Function ................................................................................................................................ 154
83. WEEKDAY Function ............................................................................................................................ 155
84. WEEKNUM Function .......................................................................................................................... 157
85. WORKDAY Function ........................................................................................................................... 159
86. WORKDAY.INTL Function ................................................................................................................... 161
87. YEAR Function ................................................................................................................................... 163
88. YEARFRAC Function ........................................................................................................................... 164
ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................... 166
89. Engineering Functions – Overview ..................................................................................................... 167
90. BESSELI Function ............................................................................................................................... 171
91. BESSELJ Function ............................................................................................................................... 172
92. BESSELK Function .............................................................................................................................. 173
93. BESSELY Function .............................................................................................................................. 174
94. BIN2DEC Function .............................................................................................................................. 175
95. BIN2HEX Function .............................................................................................................................. 176
96. BIN2OCT Function ............................................................................................................................. 178
97. BITAND Function ............................................................................................................................... 180
98. BITLSHIFT Function ............................................................................................................................ 182
99. BITOR Function .................................................................................................................................. 184
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100. BITRSHIFT Function............................................................................................................................ 186
101. BITXOR Function ................................................................................................................................ 188
102. COMPLEX FUNCTION ......................................................................................................................... 190
103. CONVERT Function ............................................................................................................................ 192
104. DEC2BIN Function .............................................................................................................................. 198
105. DEC2HEX Function ............................................................................................................................. 200
106. DEC2OCT Function ............................................................................................................................. 202
107. DELTA Function ................................................................................................................................. 204
108. ERF Function ...................................................................................................................................... 206
109. ERF.PRECISE Function ........................................................................................................................ 208
110. ERFC Function .................................................................................................................................... 209
111. ERFC.PRECISE Function ...................................................................................................................... 211
112. GESTEP Function ................................................................................................................................ 212
113. HEX2BIN Function .............................................................................................................................. 213
114. HEX2DEC Function ............................................................................................................................. 215
115. HEX2OCT Function ............................................................................................................................. 217
116. IMABS Function ................................................................................................................................. 219
117. IMAGINARY Function......................................................................................................................... 221
118. IMARGUMENT Function .................................................................................................................... 223
119. IMCONJUGATE Function .................................................................................................................... 224
120. IMCOS Function ................................................................................................................................. 225
121. IMCOSH Function .............................................................................................................................. 227
122. IMCOT Function ................................................................................................................................. 229
123. IMCSC Function ................................................................................................................................. 231
124. IMCSCH Function ............................................................................................................................... 233
125. IMDIV Function.................................................................................................................................. 235
126. IMEXP Function ................................................................................................................................. 237
127. IMLN Function ................................................................................................................................... 239

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128. IMLOG2 Function ............................................................................................................................... 241
129. IMLOG10 Function ............................................................................................................................. 243
130. IMPOWER Function ........................................................................................................................... 245
131. IMPRODUCT Function ........................................................................................................................ 247
132. IMREAL Function ............................................................................................................................... 249
133. IMSEC Function ................................................................................................................................. 251
134. IMSECH Function ............................................................................................................................... 253
135. IMSIN Function .................................................................................................................................. 255
136. MSINH Function ................................................................................................................................ 257
137. IMSQRT Function ............................................................................................................................... 259
138. IMSUB Function ................................................................................................................................. 261
139. IMSUM Function................................................................................................................................ 263
140. IMTAN Function ................................................................................................................................ 265
141. OCT2BIN Function ............................................................................................................................. 267
142. OCT2DEC Function ............................................................................................................................. 269
143. OCT2HEX Function ............................................................................................................................. 270
FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................... 272
144. Financial Functions – Overview ......................................................................................................... 273
145. ACCRINT Function .............................................................................................................................. 277
146. ACCRINTM Function .......................................................................................................................... 280
147. AMORDEGRC Function ...................................................................................................................... 282
148. AMORLINC Function .......................................................................................................................... 284
149. COUPDAYBS Function ........................................................................................................................ 286
150. COUPDAYS Function .......................................................................................................................... 288
151. COUPDAYSNC Function ..................................................................................................................... 290
152. COUPNCD Function............................................................................................................................ 292
153. COUPNUM Function .......................................................................................................................... 294
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154. COUPPCD Function ............................................................................................................................ 296
155. CUMIPMT Function ........................................................................................................................... 298
156. CUMPRINC Function .......................................................................................................................... 300
157. DB Function ....................................................................................................................................... 302
158. DDB Function..................................................................................................................................... 304
159. DISC Function .................................................................................................................................... 306
160. DOLLARDE Function ........................................................................................................................... 308
161. DOLLARFR Function ........................................................................................................................... 310
162. DURATION Function .......................................................................................................................... 311
163. EFFECT Function ................................................................................................................................ 313
164. FV Function ....................................................................................................................................... 314
165. FVSCHEDULE Function ....................................................................................................................... 316
166. INTRATE Function .............................................................................................................................. 317
167. IPMT Function ................................................................................................................................... 319
168. IRR Function ...................................................................................................................................... 321
169. ISPMT Function ................................................................................................................................. 323
170. MDURATION Function ....................................................................................................................... 325
171. MIRR Function ................................................................................................................................... 327
172. NOMINAL Function ............................................................................................................................ 329
173. NPER Function ................................................................................................................................... 331
174. NPV Function ..................................................................................................................................... 333
175. ODDFPRICE Function ......................................................................................................................... 335
176. ODDFYIELD Function.......................................................................................................................... 339
177. ODDLPRICE Function.......................................................................................................................... 342
178. ODDLYIELD Function .......................................................................................................................... 344
179. PDURATION Function ........................................................................................................................ 347
180. PMT Function .................................................................................................................................... 349
181. PPMT Function .................................................................................................................................. 351

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182. PRICE Function .................................................................................................................................. 353
183. PRICEDISC Function ........................................................................................................................... 356
184. PRICEMAT Function ........................................................................................................................... 358
185. PV Function ....................................................................................................................................... 360
186. RATE Function ................................................................................................................................... 362
187. RECEIVED Function ............................................................................................................................ 364
188. RRI Function ...................................................................................................................................... 366
189. SLN Function...................................................................................................................................... 368
190. SYD Function ..................................................................................................................................... 369
191. TBILLEQ Function ............................................................................................................................... 371
192. TBILLPRICE Function .......................................................................................................................... 373
193. TBILLYIELD Function .......................................................................................................................... 375
194. VDB Function ..................................................................................................................................... 377
195. XIRR Function .................................................................................................................................... 379
196. XNPV Function ................................................................................................................................... 381
197. YIELD Function ................................................................................................................................... 383
198. YIELDDISC Function ........................................................................................................................... 386
199. YIELDMAT Function ........................................................................................................................... 388
INFORMATION FUNCTIONS..................................................................................................... 390
200. Information Functions – Overview .................................................................................................... 391
201. CELL Function .................................................................................................................................... 393
202. ERROR.TYPE Function ........................................................................................................................ 396
203. INFO Function .................................................................................................................................... 398
204. ISBLANK Function .............................................................................................................................. 400
205. ISERR Function................................................................................................................................... 401
206. ISERROR Function .............................................................................................................................. 402
207. ISEVEN Function ................................................................................................................................ 403
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208. ISFORMULA Function......................................................................................................................... 404
209. ISLOGICAL Function ........................................................................................................................... 405
210. ISNA Function .................................................................................................................................... 406
211. ISNONTEXT Function ......................................................................................................................... 407
212. ISNUMBER Function .......................................................................................................................... 408
213. ISODD Function ................................................................................................................................. 409
214. ISREF Function ................................................................................................................................... 410
215. ISTEXT Function ................................................................................................................................. 411
216. N Function ......................................................................................................................................... 412
217. NA Function ....................................................................................................................................... 414
218. SHEET Function .................................................................................................................................. 415
219. SHEETS Function ................................................................................................................................ 417
220. TYPE Function .................................................................................................................................... 418
LOGICAL FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................. 420
221. Logical Functions – Overview............................................................................................................. 421
222. AND Function .................................................................................................................................... 422
223. FALSE Function .................................................................................................................................. 424
224. IF Function ......................................................................................................................................... 425
225. IFERROR Function .............................................................................................................................. 427
226. IFNA Function .................................................................................................................................... 428
227. IFS Function ....................................................................................................................................... 430
228. NOT Function..................................................................................................................................... 432
229. OR Function ....................................................................................................................................... 433
230. SWITCH Function ............................................................................................................................... 435
231. TRUE Function ................................................................................................................................... 437
232. XOR Function ..................................................................................................................................... 438
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LOOKUP & REFERENCE FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................ 440
233. Lookup & Reference Functions – Overview ....................................................................................... 441
234. ADDRESS Function ............................................................................................................................. 443
235. AREAS Function ................................................................................................................................. 445
236. CHOOSE Function .............................................................................................................................. 447
237. COLUMN Function ............................................................................................................................. 449
238. COLUMNS Function ........................................................................................................................... 451
239. FORMULATEXT Function .................................................................................................................... 452
240. GETPIVOTDATA Function ................................................................................................................... 454
241. HLOOKUP Function ............................................................................................................................ 458
242. HYPERLINK Function .......................................................................................................................... 461
243. INDEX Function .................................................................................................................................. 463
244. INDIRECT Function ............................................................................................................................. 466
245. LOOKUP Function .............................................................................................................................. 468
246. MATCH Function ................................................................................................................................ 472
247. OFFSET Function ................................................................................................................................ 475
248. ROW Function ................................................................................................................................... 477
249. ROWS Function.................................................................................................................................. 478
250. RTD Function ..................................................................................................................................... 479
251. TRANSPOSE Function ......................................................................................................................... 481
252. VLOOKUP Function ............................................................................................................................ 484
MATH & TRIGNOMETRIC FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................... 486
253. Math & Trigonometric Functions – Overview .................................................................................... 487
254. ABS Function ..................................................................................................................................... 492
255. ACOS Function ................................................................................................................................... 493
256. ACOSH Function ................................................................................................................................ 494
257. ACOT FUNCTION ................................................................................................................................ 495
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258. ACOTH Function ................................................................................................................................ 496
259. AGGREGATE Function ........................................................................................................................ 497
260. ARABIC Function ................................................................................................................................ 501
261. ASIN Function .................................................................................................................................... 503
262. ASINH Function ................................................................................................................................. 504
263. ATAN Function................................................................................................................................... 505
264. ATAN2 Function ................................................................................................................................. 506
265. ATANH Function ................................................................................................................................ 508
266. BASE Function ................................................................................................................................... 509
267. CEILING.MATH Function .................................................................................................................... 511
268. COMBIN Function .............................................................................................................................. 513
269. COMBINA Function ............................................................................................................................ 515
270. COS Function ..................................................................................................................................... 517
271. COSH Function ................................................................................................................................... 518
272. COT Function ..................................................................................................................................... 519
273. COTH Function ................................................................................................................................... 520
274. CSC Function ...................................................................................................................................... 521
275. CSCH Function ................................................................................................................................... 522
276. DECIMAL Function ............................................................................................................................. 524
277. DEGREES Function ............................................................................................................................. 526
278. EVEN Function ................................................................................................................................... 527
279. EXP Function...................................................................................................................................... 528
280. FACT Function.................................................................................................................................... 529
281. FACTDOUBLE Function....................................................................................................................... 530
282. FLOOR.MATH Function ...................................................................................................................... 531
283. GCD Function ..................................................................................................................................... 533
284. INT Function ...................................................................................................................................... 535
285. LCM Function..................................................................................................................................... 536

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286. LN Function ....................................................................................................................................... 537
287. LOG Function ..................................................................................................................................... 539
288. LOG10 Function ................................................................................................................................. 541
289. MDETERM Function ........................................................................................................................... 542
290. MINVERSE Function ........................................................................................................................... 544
291. MMULT Function ............................................................................................................................... 546
292. MOD Function ................................................................................................................................... 548
293. MROUND Function ............................................................................................................................ 549
294. MULTINOMIAL Function .................................................................................................................... 550
295. MUNIT Function ................................................................................................................................ 551
296. ODD Function .................................................................................................................................... 553
297. PI Function ........................................................................................................................................ 555
298. POWER Function ............................................................................................................................... 556
299. PRODUCT Function ............................................................................................................................ 557
300. QUOTIENT Function ........................................................................................................................... 559
301. RADIANS Function ............................................................................................................................. 561
302. RAND Function .................................................................................................................................. 562
303. RANDBETWEEN Function ................................................................................................................... 563
304. ROMAN Function ............................................................................................................................... 564
305. ROUND Function ............................................................................................................................... 566
306. ROUNDDOWN Function..................................................................................................................... 568
307. ROUNDUP Function ........................................................................................................................... 569
308. SEC Function ...................................................................................................................................... 571
309. SECH Function ................................................................................................................................... 572
310. SERIESSUM Function ......................................................................................................................... 574
311. SIGN Function .................................................................................................................................... 576
312. SIN Function ...................................................................................................................................... 577
313. SINH Function .................................................................................................................................... 578

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314. SQRT Function ................................................................................................................................... 579
315. SQRTPI Function ................................................................................................................................ 580
316. SUBTOTAL Function ........................................................................................................................... 581
317. SUM Function .................................................................................................................................... 583
318. SUMIF Function ................................................................................................................................. 585
319. SUMIFS Function ............................................................................................................................... 587
320. SUMPRODUCT Function .................................................................................................................... 589
321. SUMSQ Function ............................................................................................................................... 591
322. SUMX2MY2 Function ......................................................................................................................... 593
323. SUMX2PY2 Function .......................................................................................................................... 595
324. SUMXMY2 Function ........................................................................................................................... 597
325. TAN Function ..................................................................................................................................... 599
326. TANH Function .................................................................................................................................. 600
327. TRUNC Function ................................................................................................................................ 601
STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS......................................................................................................... 603
328. Statistical Functions – Overview ........................................................................................................ 604
329. AVEDEV Function ............................................................................................................................... 613
330. AVERAGE Function ............................................................................................................................ 615
331. AVERAGEA Function .......................................................................................................................... 617
332. AVERAGEIF Function .......................................................................................................................... 619
333. AVERAGEIFS Function ........................................................................................................................ 621
334. BETA.DIST Function ........................................................................................................................... 623
335. BETA.INV Function............................................................................................................................. 625
336. BINOM.DIST Function ........................................................................................................................ 627
337. BINOM.DIST.RANGE Function ............................................................................................................ 629
338. BINOM.INV Function ......................................................................................................................... 631
339. CHISQ.DIST Function .......................................................................................................................... 632
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340. CHISQ.DIST.RT Function..................................................................................................................... 634
341. CHISQ.INV Function ........................................................................................................................... 636
342. CHISQ.INV.RT Function ...................................................................................................................... 637
343. CHISQ.TEST Function ......................................................................................................................... 639
344. CONFIDENCE.NORM Function............................................................................................................ 641
345. CONFIDENCE.T Function .................................................................................................................... 643
346. CORREL Function ............................................................................................................................... 645
347. COUNT Function ................................................................................................................................ 647
348. COUNTA Function .............................................................................................................................. 649
349. COUNTBLANK Function ..................................................................................................................... 651
350. COUNTIF Function ............................................................................................................................. 653
351. COUNTIFS Function............................................................................................................................ 655
352. COVARIANCE.P Function.................................................................................................................... 657
353. COVARIANCE.S Function .................................................................................................................... 659
354. DEVSQ Function ................................................................................................................................. 661
355. EXPON.DIST Function ........................................................................................................................ 663
356. F.DIST Function .................................................................................................................................. 665
357. F.DIST.RT Function ............................................................................................................................. 667
358. F.INV Function ................................................................................................................................... 669
359. F.INV.RT Function .............................................................................................................................. 671
360. F.TEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 673
361. FISHER Function................................................................................................................................. 675
362. FISHERINV Function ........................................................................................................................... 676
363. FORECAST Function ........................................................................................................................... 677
364. FORECAST.ETS.CONFINT Function ..................................................................................................... 679
365. FORECAST.ETS Function ..................................................................................................................... 681
366. FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY Function .............................................................................................. 683
367. FORECAST.ETS.STAT Function ............................................................................................................ 685

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368. FORECAST.LINEAR Function ............................................................................................................... 688
369. FREQUENCY Function ........................................................................................................................ 689
370. GAMMA.DIST Function ...................................................................................................................... 691
371. GAMMA Function .............................................................................................................................. 693
372. GAMMA.INV Function ....................................................................................................................... 694
373. GAMMALN Function .......................................................................................................................... 696
374. GAMMALN.PRECISE Function ............................................................................................................ 698
375. GAUSS Function ................................................................................................................................. 700
376. GEOMEAN Function ........................................................................................................................... 701
377. GROWTH Function ............................................................................................................................. 703
378. HARMEAN Function ........................................................................................................................... 706
379. HYPGEOM.DIST Function ................................................................................................................... 708
380. INTERCEPT Function .......................................................................................................................... 710
381. KURT Function ................................................................................................................................... 712
382. LARGE Function ................................................................................................................................. 714
383. LINEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 716
384. LOGEST Function ............................................................................................................................... 722
385. LOGNORM.DIST Function .................................................................................................................. 725
386. LOGNORM.INV Function .................................................................................................................... 727
387. MAX Function .................................................................................................................................... 728
388. MAXA Function ................................................................................................................................. 730
389. MAXIFS Function ............................................................................................................................... 732
390. MEDIAN Function .............................................................................................................................. 734
391. MIN Function ..................................................................................................................................... 736
392. MINA Function .................................................................................................................................. 738
393. MINIFS Function ................................................................................................................................ 740
394. MODE.MULT Function ....................................................................................................................... 742
395. MODE.SNGL Function ........................................................................................................................ 744

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396. NEGBINOM.DIST Function ................................................................................................................. 746
397. NORM.DIST Function ......................................................................................................................... 748
398. NORM.INV Function .......................................................................................................................... 750
399. NORM.S.DIST Function ...................................................................................................................... 752
400. NORM.S.INV Function ....................................................................................................................... 753
401. PEARSON Function ............................................................................................................................ 754
402. PERCENTILE.EXC Function .................................................................................................................. 756
403. PERCENTILE.INC Function .................................................................................................................. 758
404. PERCENTRANK.EXC Function ............................................................................................................. 760
405. PERCENTRANK.INC Function .............................................................................................................. 762
406. PERMUT Function .............................................................................................................................. 764
407. PERMUTATIONA Function ................................................................................................................. 766
408. PHI Function ...................................................................................................................................... 768
409. POISSON.DIST Function ..................................................................................................................... 769
410. PROB Function ................................................................................................................................... 771
411. QUARTILE.EXC Function ..................................................................................................................... 773
412. QUARTILE.INC Function ..................................................................................................................... 775
413. RANK.AVG Function........................................................................................................................... 777
414. RANK.EQ Function ............................................................................................................................. 779
415. RSQ Function ..................................................................................................................................... 781
416. SKEW Function .................................................................................................................................. 783
417. SKEW.P Function ............................................................................................................................... 785
418. SLOPE Function .................................................................................................................................. 787
419. SMALL Function ................................................................................................................................. 789
420. STANDARDIZE Function ..................................................................................................................... 791
421. STDEV.P Function .............................................................................................................................. 792
422. STDEV.S Function............................................................................................................................... 794
423. STDEVA Function ............................................................................................................................... 796

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424. STDEVPA Function ............................................................................................................................. 798
425. STEYX Function .................................................................................................................................. 800
426. T.DIST.2T Function ............................................................................................................................. 802
427. T.DIST Function.................................................................................................................................. 803
428. T.DIST.RT Function ............................................................................................................................ 805
429. T.INV.2T Function .............................................................................................................................. 806
430. T.INV Function ................................................................................................................................... 808
431. T.TEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 809
432. TREND Function ................................................................................................................................. 811
433. TRIMMEAN Function ......................................................................................................................... 813
434. VAR.P Function .................................................................................................................................. 815
435. VAR.S Function .................................................................................................................................. 817
436. VARA Function................................................................................................................................... 819
437. VARPA Function ................................................................................................................................ 821
438. WEIBULL.DIST Function ..................................................................................................................... 823
439. Z.TEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 825
440. BAHTTEXT Function ........................................................................................................................... 827
441. CHAR Function ................................................................................................................................... 828
442. CLEAN Function ................................................................................................................................. 829
443. CODE Function ................................................................................................................................... 830
444. CONCAT Function .............................................................................................................................. 831
445. CONCATENATE Function .................................................................................................................... 833
446. DOLLAR Function ............................................................................................................................... 835
447. EXACT Function ................................................................................................................................. 837
448. FIND Function .................................................................................................................................... 838
449. FIXED Function .................................................................................................................................. 840
450. LEFT Function .................................................................................................................................... 842
451. LEN Function...................................................................................................................................... 844

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452. LOWER Function ................................................................................................................................ 845
453. MID Function ..................................................................................................................................... 846
454. NUMBERVALUE Function ................................................................................................................... 848
455. PROPER Function ............................................................................................................................... 850
456. REPLACE Function .............................................................................................................................. 851
457. REPT Function .................................................................................................................................... 853
458. RIGHT Function .................................................................................................................................. 854
459. SEARCH Function ............................................................................................................................... 856
460. SUBSTITUTE Function ........................................................................................................................ 858
461. T Function.......................................................................................................................................... 860
462. TEXT Function .................................................................................................................................... 861
463. TEXTJOIN Function ............................................................................................................................ 866
464. TRIM Function ................................................................................................................................... 868
465. UNICHAR Function ............................................................................................................................. 869
466. UNICODE Function ............................................................................................................................. 871
467. UPPER Function ................................................................................................................................. 872
468. VALUE Function ................................................................................................................................. 873
469. ENCODEURL Function ........................................................................................................................ 874
470. FILTERXML Function .......................................................................................................................... 875
471. WEBSERVICE Function ....................................................................................................................... 876
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Compatibility Functions
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1. COMPATIBILITY FUNCTIONS – OVERVIEW Advanced Excel Functions
In Excel 2010 or later, the functions listed in this category were replaced with new functions
that provide improved accuracy and have names that reflect their usage better. The new
functions can be found in Statistical functions and Math and trigonometry functions. If
backward compatibility is not required, you should start using the new functions.
You can still use these earlier versions of functions for compatibility with earlier versions of
Excel. If you are using Excel 2007, you will find these functions in the Statistical or Math &
Trig categories on the Formulas tab.
Compatibility Functions
The following table lists all the Compatibility functions-
S. No. Function and Description
1 BETADIST
Returns the cumulative beta probability density function
2 BETAINV
Returns the inverse of the cumulative beta probability density function
3 BINOMDIST
Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability
CEILING
4 Rounds a number to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of
significance
5 CHIDIST
Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution
CHIINV
6 Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared
distribution
7 CHITEST
Returns the test for independence
8 CONFIDENCE
Returns the confidence interval for a population mean
9 COVAR
Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations
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CRITBINOM
10 Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is
less than or equal to a criterion value
11 EXPONDIST
Returns the exponential distribution
12 FDIST
Returns the F probability distribution
13 FINV
Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution
14 FLOOR
Rounds a number down, toward 0
15 FTEST
Returns the result of an F-Test
16 GAMMADIST
Returns the gamma distribution
17 GAMMAINV
Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution
18 HYPGEOMDIST
Returns the hypergeometric distribution
19 LOGINV
Returns the inverse of the lognormal distribution
20 LOGNORMDIST
Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution
21 MODE
Returns the most common value in a data set
22 NEGBINOMDIST
Returns the negative binomial distribution
23 NORMDIST
Returns the normal cumulative distribution
24 NORMINV
Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution
25 NORMSDIST
Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution
26 NORMSINV
Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution
27 PERCENTILE
Returns the kth percentile of values in a range
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28 PERCENTRANK
Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set
29 POISSON
Returns the Poisson distribution
30 QUARTILE
Returns the quartile of a data set
31 RANK
Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers
STDEV
32 Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, ignoring text and logical
values
STDEVP
33 Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population, ignoring text
and logical values
34 TDIST
Returns the student’s t-distribution
35 TINV
Returns the inverse of the student’s t-distribution
36 TTEST
Returns the probability associated with a student’s t-Test
37 VAR
Estimates variance based on a sample, ignoring logical values and text
VARP
38 Calculates variance based on the entire population, ignoring logical values
and text
39 WEIBULL
Returns the Weibull distribution
40 ZTEST
Returns the two-tailed P-value of a z-test
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2. BETADIST FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The BETADIST function replaces the BETA.DIST function from Excel 2010.
Description
This function returns the cumulative beta probability density function. The beta distribution is
commonly used to study variation in the percentage of something across samples.
Syntax
BETADIST(x,alpha,beta,[A],[B])
Arguments
Required
Argument Description
/Optional
The value between A and B at which to evaluate the
X Required
function.
Alpha A parameter of the distribution. Required
Beta A parameter of the distribution. Required
A A lower bound to the interval of x. Optional
B An upper bound to the interval of x. Optional
Notes
 If any argument is nonnumeric, BETADIST returns the #VALUE! error value.
 If alpha ≤ 0 or beta ≤ 0, BETADIST returns the #NUM! error value.
 If x < A, x > B, or A = B, BETADIST returns the #NUM! error value.
 If you omit values for A and B, BETADIST uses the standard cumulative beta
distribution, so that A = 0 and B = 1
Example
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3. BETAINV FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The BETAINV function replaces the BETA.INV function from Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns the inverse of the cumulative beta probability density function for a
specified beta distribution. i.e.
If probability = BETADIST(x...), then BETAINV (probability...) = x
The beta distribution can be used in project planning to model probable completion times
given an expected completion time and variability.
Syntax
BETAINV (probability,alpha,beta,[A],[B])
Arguments
Required
/Optional
Probability A probability associated with the beta distribution. Required
Alpha A parameter of the distribution. Required
Beta A parameter the distribution. Required
A A lower bound to the interval of x. Optional
B An upper bound to the interval of x. Optional
Notes
 If you omit values for A and B, BETAINV uses the standard cumulative beta
distribution, so that A = 0 and B = 1
 If any argument is nonnumeric, BETAINV returns the #VALUE! error value.

.
 If alpha ≤ 0 or beta ≤ 0, BETAINV returns the #NUM! error value.
 If probability ≤ 0 or probability > 1, BETAINV returns the #NUM! error value.
 Given a value for probability, BETAINV seeks that value x such that BETADIST(x,
alpha, beta, A, B) = probability. Hence, precision of BETAINV depends on precision of
BETADIST
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Example
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4. BINOMDIST FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The BINOMDIST function replaces the BINOM.DIST function from Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns the individual term binomial distribution probability. Use BINOMDIST in
problems with a fixed number of tests or trials, when the outcomes of any trial are only
success or failure, when trials are independent, and when the probability of success is
constant throughout the experiment.
Syntax
BINOMDIST (number_s,trials,probability_s,cumulative)
Arguments
Required
/Optional
Number_s The number of successes in trials. Required
Trials The number of independent trials. Required
Probability_s The probability of success on each trial. Required
A logical value that determines the form of the

function.
 If cumulative is TRUE, then BINOMDIST returns

Cumulative the cumulative distribution function, which is the Required
probability that there are at most number_s
successes
 If cumulative is FALSE, then BINOMDIST returns
the probability mass function, which is the
probability that there are number_s successes
Notes
 Number_s and trials are truncated to integers.
 If number_s, trials, or probability_s is nonnumeric, BINOMDIST returns the #VALUE!

error value.
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 If number_s < 0 or number_s > trials, BINOMDIST returns the #NUM! error value.
 If probability_s < 0 or probability_s > 1, BINOMDIST returns the #NUM! error value.
 If x = number_s, n = trials, and p = probability_s, then the binomial probability mass

function is-
Where is COMBIN(n,x).
 If x = number_s, n = trials, and p = probability_s, then the cumulative binomial

distribution is:
Example
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5. CEILING FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
Description
The CEILING function returns a number rounded up, away from zero, to the nearest multiple
of significance.
Syntax
CEILING (number, significance)
Arguments
Argument Description Required
/Optional
Number The value you want to round. Required
Significance The multiple to which Number is to be rounded. Required
Notes
 Regardless of the sign of number, a value is rounded up when adjusted away from
zero. If the number is an exact multiple of significance, no rounding occurs.
 If the number is negative, and significance is negative, the value is rounded down,
away from zero.
 If the number is negative, and significance is positive, the value is rounded up towards
zero.
 If either argument is nonnumeric, CEILING returns the #VALUE! error value.
Applicability
Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016.
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Example
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6. CHIDIST FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The CHIDIST function replaces the CHISQ.DIST.RT function from Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns the right-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution. The χ2
distribution is associated with a χ2 test. Use the χ2 test to compare the observed and the
expected values. By comparing the observed results with the expected ones, you can decide
whether your original hypothesis is valid.
Syntax
CHIDIST(x,deg_freedom)
Arguments
/Optional
X The value at which you want to evaluate the Required
distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom. Required
Notes
 CHIDIST is calculated as CHIDIST = P(X>x), where X is a χ 2 random variable.
 If deg_freedom is not an integer, it is truncated.
 If either argument is nonnumeric, CHIDIST returns the #VALUE! error value.
 If x is negative, CHIDIST returns the #NUM! error value.
 If deg_freedom < 1 or deg_freedom > 10^10, CHIDIST returns the #NUM! error
value.
Example
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7. CHIINV FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The CHIINV function replaces the CHISQ.INV.RT function in Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns the inverse of the right-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.
If probability = CHIDIST(x...), then CHIINV (probability...) = x
Use this function to compare the observed results with the expected ones in order to decide
whether your original hypothesis is valid.
Syntax
CHIINV (probability,deg_freedom)
Arguments
/Optional
Probability A probability associated with the chi-squared Required
distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom. Required
Notes
 If deg_freedom is not an integer, it is truncated.
 If either argument is nonnumeric, CHIINV returns the #VALUE! error value.
 If probability < 0 or probability > 1, CHIINV returns the #NUM! error value.
 If deg_freedom < 1, CHIINV returns the #NUM! error value.
 Given a value for probability, CHIINV seeks value x such that CHIDIST(x,
deg_freedom) = probability. Hence, precision of CHIINV depends on precision of
CHIDIST. CHIINV uses an iterative search technique. If the search has not converged
after 100 iterations, the function returns the #N/A error value.
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Example
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8. CHITEST FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The CHITEST function replaces the CHISQ.TEST function in Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns the test for independence. CHITEST returns the value from the chi-
squared (χ2) distribution for the statistic and the appropriate degrees of freedom. You can
use χ2 tests to determine whether hypothesized results are verified by an experiment.
Syntax
HITEST (actual_range,expected_range)
Arguments
Required
/Optional
The range of data that contains observations to test
Actual_range Required
against expected values.
The range of data that contains the ratio of the
Expected_range product of row totals and column totals to the grand Required
total.
Notes
 The χ2 test first calculates a χ2 statistic using the formula-
Where-
Aij = actual frequency in the i-th row, j-th column
Eij = expected frequency in the i-th row, j-th column
r = number of rows
c = number of columns
 A low value of χ2 is an indicator of independence. As can be seen from the formula, χ 2

is always positive or 0, and is 0 only if Aij = Eij for every i,j.
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 CHITEST returns the probability that a value of the χ 2 statistic at least as high as the
value calculated by the above formula could have happened by chance under the
assumption of independence. In computing this probability, CHITEST uses the χ 2
distribution with an appropriate number of degrees of freedom, df. If r > 1 and c > 1,
then df = (r - 1)(c - 1). If r = 1 and c > 1, then df = c - 1 or if r > 1 and c = 1, then
df = r - 1. (r = c= 1) is not allowed and #N/A is returned.
 If actual_range and expected_range have a different number of data points, CHITEST
returns the #N/A error value.
 Use of CHITEST is most appropriate when the values of Eij are not too small. Some
statisticians suggest that each Eij should be greater than or equal to 5.
Example
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9. CONFIDENCE FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
Description
The CONFIDENCE function returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using a
normal distribution.
The confidence interval is a range of values. Your sample mean, x, is at the center of this
range and the range is x ± CONFIDENCE. For any population mean μ0, in this range, the
probability of obtaining a sample mean further from μ0 than x is greater than alpha.
For any population mean, μ0, not in this range, the probability of obtaining a sample mean
further from μ0 than x is less than alpha.
In other words, assume that we use x, standard_dev, and size to construct a two-tailed test
at significance level alpha of the hypothesis that the population mean is μ0. Then we will not
reject that hypothesis if μ0 is in the confidence interval and will reject that hypothesis if μ 0 is
not in the confidence interval.
The confidence interval does not allow us to infer that there is probability 1 – alpha that our
next package will take a delivery time that is in the confidence interval.
Syntax
CONFIDENCE (alpha,standard_dev,size)
Arguments
Required
/Optional
The significance level used to compute the
confidence level.
The confidence level equals
Alpha Required
00*(1 - alpha)%, or in other words,
an alpha of 0.05 indicates a 95 percent confidence
level.
The population standard deviation for the data
Standard_dev Required
range and is assumed to be known.
Size The sample size. Required
Notes
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 If we assume Alpha equals 0.05, we need to calculate the area under the standard
normal curve that equals (1 - alpha), or 95 percent. This value is ± 1.96. The
confidence interval is therefore-
 If Size is not an integer, it is truncated.
 If any argument is non-numeric, CONFIDENCE returns the #VALUE! error value.
 If Alpha is ≤ 0 or ≥ 1, CONFIDENCE returns the #NUM! error value.
 If Standard_dev ≤ 0, CONFIDENCE returns the #NUM! error value.
 If Size < 1, CONFIDENCE returns the #NUM! error value.
Example
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10. COVAR FUNCTION Advanced Excel Functions
The COVAR function in Excel 2013 replaces the COVARIANCE.P function in Excel 2010.
Description
The function returns covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point
pair in two data sets. Use covariance to determine the relationship between two data sets.
Syntax
COVAR (array1, array2)
Arguments
/Optional
Array1 The first cell range of integers. Required
Array2 The second cell range of integers. Required
Notes
 Covariance is given by-
 Where are the sample means of AVERAGE (array1) and AVERAGE (array2),
and n is the sample size.
 The arguments must be either numbers, names, arrays, or references that contain
numbers.
 The values of an array or reference argument containing text, logical values, or empty
cells are ignored. However, cells with the value zero are included.
 If array1 and array2 have different numbers of data points, COVAR returns the #N/A
error value.
 If either of the arrays, array1 or array2 is empty, COVAR returns the #DIV/0! error
value.
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1. Compatibility Functions – Overview ...................................................................................................... 2

2. BETADIST Function ................................................................................................................................ 5

4. BINOMDIST Function ............................................................................................................................. 8

5. CEILING Function ................................................................................................................................. 10

6. CHIDIST Function ................................................................................................................................. 12

7. CHIINV Function .................................................................................................................................. 13

8. CHITEST Function ................................................................................................................................. 15

9. CONFIDENCE Function ......................................................................................................................... 17

10. COVAR Function .................................................................................................................................. 19

11. CRITBINOM Function ........................................................................................................................... 21

12. EXPONDIST Function ........................................................................................................................... 22

13. FDIST Function ..................................................................................................................................... 24

14. FINV Function ...................................................................................................................................... 26

15. FLOOR Function ................................................................................................................................... 28

16. FTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 30

17. GAMMADIST Function ......................................................................................................................... 32

18. GAMMAINV Function .......................................................................................................................... 34

19. HYPGEOMDIST Function ...................................................................................................................... 36

20. LOGINV Function ................................................................................................................................. 38

21. LOGNORMDIST Function ..................................................................................................................... 39

22. MODE Function ................................................................................................................................... 40

23. NEGBINOMDIST Function .................................................................................................................... 42

24. NORMDIST Function ............................................................................................................................ 44

25. NORMINV Function ............................................................................................................................. 46

26. NORMSDIST Function .......................................................................................................................... 48

27. NORMSINV Function ........................................................................................................................... 49

28. PERCENTILE Function ........................................................................................................................... 50

29. PERCENTRANK Function ...................................................................................................................... 51

30. POISSON Function ............................................................................................................................... 53

31. QUARTILE Function .............................................................................................................................. 55

32. RANK Function .................................................................................................................................... 57

33. STDEV Function ................................................................................................................................... 59

34. STDEVP Function ................................................................................................................................. 61

35. TDIST Function..................................................................................................................................... 63

36. TINV Function ...................................................................................................................................... 65

37. TTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 67

38. VAR Function ....................................................................................................................................... 69

39. VARP Function ..................................................................................................................................... 71

40. WEIBULL Function ............................................................................................................................... 73

41. ZTEST Function .................................................................................................................................... 75

CUBE FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 77

42. Cube Functions – Overview ................................................................................................................. 78

43. CUBEKPIMEMBER Function ................................................................................................................. 79

44. CUBEMEMBER Function ...................................................................................................................... 81

45. CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY Function ...................................................................................................... 83

46. CUBERANKEDMEMBER Function ......................................................................................................... 85

47. CUBESET Function................................................................................................................................ 87

48. CUBESETCOUNT Function .................................................................................................................... 89

49. CUBEVALUE Function........................................................................................................................... 90

DATABASE FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 93

50. Database Functions – Overview........................................................................................................... 94

51. DAVERAGE Function ............................................................................................................................ 96

52. DCOUNT Function ................................................................................................................................ 98

53. DCOUNTA Function ........................................................................................................................... 100

54. DGET Function ................................................................................................................................... 102

55. DMAX Function ................................................................................................................................. 104

56. DMIN Function .................................................................................................................................. 106

57. DPRODUCT Function .......................................................................................................................... 108

58. DSTDEV Function ............................................................................................................................... 110

59. DSTDEVP Function ............................................................................................................................. 112

60. DSUM Function.................................................................................................................................. 114

61. DVAR Function .................................................................................................................................. 116

62. DVARP Function ................................................................................................................................ 118

DATE & TIME FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 120

63. Date & Time Functions – Overview .................................................................................................... 121

64. DATE Function ................................................................................................................................... 123

65. DATEDIF Function .............................................................................................................................. 125

66. DATEVALUE Function ......................................................................................................................... 127

67. DAY Function ..................................................................................................................................... 129

68. DAYS Function ................................................................................................................................... 131

69. DAYS360 Function ............................................................................................................................. 133

70. EDATE Function ................................................................................................................................. 135

71. EOMONTH Function .......................................................................................................................... 137