Introduction to Excel Functions
Excel functions are a powerful tool for performing calculations, analyzing data, and automating tasks in Microsoft Excel. With a wide range of functions available, users can streamline their workflow and achieve complex calculations with ease. This article provides a complete collection of 100 Excel functions usage tips to help you master the art of Excel.
Text Functions
1. CONCATENATE: Combine text from multiple cells into one cell.
2. TEXTJOIN: Similar to CONCATENATE but allows for delimiters and ignores empty cells.
3. LOWER: Convert text to lowercase.
4. UPPER: Convert text to uppercase.
5. PROPER: Capitalize the first letter of each word in a text string.
6. LEFT: Extract a specified number of characters from the left side of a text string.
7. RIGHT: Extract a specified number of characters from the right side of a text string.
Logical Functions
1. IF: Perform a true/false test and return different values based on the result.
2. AND: Returns TRUE if all the arguments are TRUE.
3. OR: Returns TRUE if at least one of the arguments is TRUE.
4. NOT: Returns TRUE if the argument is FALSE, and FALSE if the argument is TRUE.
5. TRUE/FALSE: Returns TRUE or FALSE.
6. ISBLANK: Returns TRUE if a cell is blank, otherwise FALSE.
7. ISERROR: Returns TRUE if a cell contains an error, otherwise FALSE.
Mathematical Functions
1. SUM: Add up the numbers in a range of cells.
2. AVERAGE: Calculate the average of the numbers in a range of cells.
3. COUNT: Count the number of cells that contain numbers in a range.
4. MAX: Find the maximum number in a range of cells.
5. MIN: Find the minimum number in a range of cells.
6. ROUND: Round a number to a specified number of decimal places.
7. ROUNDUP: Round a number up to the nearest integer or specified multiple.
Date and Time Functions
1. TODAY: Returns the current date.
2. NOW: Returns the current date and time.
3. DATE: Returns a serial number that represents a particular date.
4. DAYS: Returns the number of days between two dates.
5. WEEKDAY: Returns the day of the week for a given date.
6. HOUR: Extracts the hour from a time value.
7. MINUTE: Extracts the minute from a time value.
Lookup and Reference Functions
1. VLOOKUP: Search for a value in the first column of a table and return a value in the same row from a specified column.
2. HLOOKUP: Search for a value in the first row of a table and return a value in the same column from a specified row.
3. INDEX: Returns the value of a cell in a specific row and column within a range.
4. MATCH: Searches for a specified item in a range and returns the relative position of that item.
5. CHOOSE: Returns a value from a list of values based on a specified index number.
6. LOOKUP: Similar to VLOOKUP but can search for values in any column.
7. FILTER: Create a dynamic range from a list based on specified criteria.
Statistical Functions
1. STDEV: Estimate the standard deviation based on a sample of the entire population.
2. STDEVP: Estimate the standard deviation based on the entire population.
3. VAR: Estimate the variance based on a sample of the entire population.
4. VARP: Estimate the variance based on the entire population.
5. NORMDIST: Returns the normal cumulative distribution for a specified mean and standard deviation.
6. FTEST: Performs a F-test to compare two variances.
7. TTEST: Performs a t-test to compare the means of two samples.
Financial Functions
1. PV: Calculates the present value of an investment.
2. FV: Calculates the future value of an investment.
3. NPER: Calculates the number of periods for an investment based on constant payments and a constant interest rate.
4. RATE: Calculates the interest rate for an investment based on constant payments and a constant future value.
5. PMT: Calculates the payment for a loan based on constant payments and a constant interest rate.
6. IRR: Calculates the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows.
7. XIRR: Calculates the internal rate of return for a series of non-periodic cash flows.
