Spreadsheet functions overview

ARITHMETIC OPERATORS

 ^Exponentiation
 -Negation
 * Multiplication
 / Division
 + Addition
 -Subtraction
 

RELATIONAL OPERATORS

 =Equality
 <>Inequality
 <Less than
 >Greater than
 <=Less than or equal to
 >=Greater than or equal to
 

MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS

 ABS(x)Absolute value of x
 ACOS(x)Arc cosine of x
 ASIN(x)Arc sine of x
 ATAN(x)Arc tangent of x
 COS(x)Cosine of x
 EXP(x)Natural exponential of x
 FACT(x)Factorial of x
 INT(x)Rounds x down to the closest integer
 LN(x)Natural logarithm of x
 LOG(x)Logarithm of x (base 10)
 MOD(x,d)Returns the remainder of the division of x by d
 PI()Returns the value 3.14159265358979
 POWER(x,p)x raised to the power p (equals x^p)
 RAND(x)Returns a random number 1 and x when x >1, or a random number 0 and < 1 when x 1
 RANDNORM(m,s)Returns a random number from a Normal distribution with mean m and standard deviation s
 ROUND(x,n)Rounds x to the number of digits n
 SIGN(x)Sign value
 SIN(x)Returns sine of x
 SQRT(x)Returns square root of x
 TAN(x)Returns tangent of x
 TRUNC(x)Removes the fractional part of x
 

STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS

 AVEDEV(range)Average of absolute deviations of the data in range
 AVERAGE(range)Arithmetic mean of data in range
 CHIDIST(chisquared,df)  Returns the one-tailed probability of the Chi-squared distribution
 CHIINV(p,df)Returns the inverse of the Chi-squared distribution
 COEFVAR(range)Coefficient of variation of the data in range
 COUNT(range)Count cells containing numbers
 COUNTNEG(range)Counts number of negative values
 COUNTPOS(range)Counts number of positive numbers
 COUNTS(range)Counts number of non-empty cells
 FDIST(F,v1,v2)Returns a one-tailed probability of the F distribution
 FINV(p,v1,v2)Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution
 GEOMEAN(range)Geometric mean of the data in range
 MAX(range)Returns highest value in range
 MIN(range)Returns the lowest value in range
 NORMSDIST(z)Returns the one-tailed probability of standardized Normal distribution
 NORMSINV(p)Returns a Standardized Normal deviate
 SEM(range)Standard error of the mean
 STDEV(range)Standard deviation
 SUM(range)Computes the sum of data in range
 SUMNEG(range)Sum of negative values
 SUMPOS(range)Sum of positive values
 TDIST(t,df)Returns a two-tailed probability of the Student t distribution
 TINV(p,df)Returns the inverse of the Student t distribution
 VAR(range)Computes the variance
 

STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS ON VARIABLES

 VAVEDEV(variable[,criterion])Returns the average of absolute deviations of a variable
 VAVERAGE(variable[,criterion])Returns the average of a variable
 VCOEFVAR(variable[,criterion])Returns the coefficient of variation of a variable
 VCOUNT(variable[,criterion])Returns the number of numerical data of a variable
 VCOUNTNEG(variable[,criterion])Counts the negative observations of a variable
 VCOUNTPOS(variable[,criterion])Counts the positive observations of a variable
 VGEOMEAN(variable[,criterion])Counts the geometric mean of a variable
 VMAX(variable[,criterion])Returns the maximum value of a variable
 VMEDIAN(variable[,criterion])Returns the median value of a variable
 VMIN(variable[,criterion])Returns the minimum value of a variable
 VPERCENTILE(centile,variable[,criterion])Returns a percentile value of a variable
 VPERCRANK(value,variable[,criterion])Returns the percentile rank of a value
 VPERCRANKR(variable,group)Returns the percentile rank of a value
 VSEM(variable[,criterion])Returns the standard error of the mean of a variable
 VSTDEV(variable[,criterion])Returns the standard deviation of a variable
 VSUM(variable[,criterion])Returns the sum of observations of a variable
 VSUMNEG(variable[,criterion])Returns the sum of the negative observations of a variable
 VSUMPOS(variable[,criterion])Returns the sum of the positive observations of a variable
 VVAR(variable[,criterion])Returns the variance of a variable
 

STRING FUNCTIONS

 CELL(column,row)Returns the contents of the cell with coordinates column and row as text
 CHAR(x)Returns character with code x
 CODE(str)Returns code of first character of the string str
 CONCAT(str1,str2,...)  Concatenate strings
 LEFT(str,n)Returns first n characters of str
 LEN(str)Returns length of string str
 LOWER(str)Converts to lowercase
 MID(str,pos,n)returns middle n characters from str starting at position pos
 REPT(str,n)Repeat string str n times
 RIGHT(str,n)Returns last n characters of str
 STR(x,n)Number to string conversion
 UPPER(str)Converts to uppercase
 VALUE(str)String to number conversion
 

DATE FUNCTIONS

 DATE(dnr)Serial date number to string
 DATEFRAC(date)Returns a fractional year-number
 DATEVALUE(str)String to serial date number
 DAY(date)Day of date
 DAYNAME(date)Name of the day of date
 MONTH(date)Month of date
 MONTHNAME(date)Name of the month of date
 TIME(tnr)Converts the serial time number tnr to a time string (hh:mm)
 TIMEFRAC(time)Returns a fractional time-number
 TIMEVALUE(str)Converts a time string (in "hh:mm" format) to a serial time number
 TODAY()Today's date
 WEEKNUM(date)Week number of date
 WEEKDAY(date)Weekday number of date
 YEAR(date)Year of date
 

LOGICAL FUNCTIONS

 AND(cond1,cond2,...)Returns 1 of all arguments are TRUE (or 1)
 CATEGORISE(...)Categorise function
 IF(condition,x,y)If-then-else function
 ISEMPTY(var)Cell-is-empty function
 ISNUMBER(var)Cell-is-number function
 ISSTRING(var)Cell-is-string function
 NOT(x)Reverses the logical value of x
 ODD(x)Returns 1 (=TRUE) when x is an odd number
 OR(cond1,cond2,...)Returns 1 if at least one of its arguments is TRUE (or 1)
 

MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS

 CHIGH()Highest column number used in the spreadsheet
 COLUMNRefers to the column number
 FALSEEquals 0
 RHIGH()Highest row number used in the spreadsheet
 ROWRefers to the the row number
 TRUEEquals 1
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