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Important Excel Functions For AS/A2 Level.

Date and Time
DATE Create a valid date from year
month and day
DATEDIF Get days months or years
between two dates
DATEVALUE Convert a date in text format to
a valid date
DAY Get the day as a number (1-31)
from a date
DAYS Get days between dates
DAYS360 Get days between 2 dates in a
360-day year
EDATE Get the same date in future or
past months
EOMONTH Get the last day of the month in
future or past months
HOUR Get the hour as a number (0-23)
from a time
ISOWEEKNUM Get ISO week number for a
given date
MINUTE Get the minute as a number (0-
59) from a time
MONTH Get the month as a number (1-
12) from a date
NETWORKDAYS Get the number of working days
between two dates
NETWORKDAYS.INTL Get work days between two
dates
NOW Get the current date and time
SECOND Get the second as a number (0-
59) from a time
TIME Create a time with hours
minutes and seconds
TIMEVALUE Get a valid time from a text
string
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TODAY Get the current date

WEEKDAY Get the day of the week as a
number
WEEKNUM Get the week number for a
given date
WORKDAY Get a date n working days in the
future or past
WORKDAY.INTL Get date n working days in future or
past
YEAR Get the year from a date
YEARFRAC Get the fraction of a year
between two dates

Information
CELL Get information about a cell
ERROR.TYPE Test for a specific error value
INFO Get information about current
environment
ISBLANK Test if a cell is blank
ISERR Test for any error but #N/A
ISERROR Test for any error
ISEVEN Test if a value is even
ISFORMULA Test if a cell contains a formula
ISLOGICAL Test if a value is logical
ISNA Test for the #N/A error
ISNONTEXT Test for a non-text value
ISNUMBER Test for numeric value
ISODD Test if a value is odd
ISREF Test for a reference
ISTEXT Test for a text value
N Convert a value to a number
NA Create an #N/A error
TYPE Get the type of value in a cell
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Logical
AND Test multiple conditions with
AND
FALSE Generate the logical value FALSE

IF Test for a specific condition

IFERROR Trap and handle errors
IFNA Returns a specified alternate
value if a formula results in an #N/A
error
IFS Test multiple conditions &
return first true
NOT Reverse arguments or results
OR Test multiple conditions with OR

SWITCH Evaluates a given expression and

returns a result corresponding to the
first matching value
TRUE Generate the logical value TRUE

XOR Perform exclusive OR

Lookup and Reference

ADDRESS Create a cell address from a
given row and column
AREAS Get the number of areas in a
reference
CHOOSE Get a value from a list based on
position
COLUMN Get the column number of a
reference
COLUMNS Get the number of columns in
an array or reference
FORMULATEXT Get the formula in a cell
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GETPIVOTDATA Get data from a pivot table in a

formula
HLOOKUP Look up a value in a table by
matching on the first row
HYPERLINK Create a clickable link
INDEX Get a value in a list or table
based on location
INDIRECT Create a reference from text
LOOKUP Look up a value in a one-column
range
MATCH Get the position of an item in an
array
OFFSET Create a reference offset from
given starting point
ROW Get the row number of a
reference
ROWS Get the number of rows in an
array or reference
RTD Get real-time data from a COM
automation server
TRANSPOSE Flip the orientation of a range of
cells
VLOOKUP Lookup a value in a table by
matching on the first column

Math
ABS Find the absolute value of a
number
ARABIC Convert a Roman numeral to an
Arabic numerals
BASE Converts a number into the
supplied base
CEILING Round a number up to the
nearest specified multiple
CEILING.MATH Round a number to the nearest
integer or multiple of significance
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CEILING.PRECISE Round up a number to the

nearest integer or multiple of
significance
COMBIN Calculate the total number of
combinations
COMBINA Calculate the total number of
combinations along with repetitions
DEGREES Convert radians to degrees
EVEN Round a number up to the next
even integer
ISO.CEILING Get a number rounded up to the
nearest integer or multiple of
significance
MOD Get the remainder from division

MROUND Round a number to the nearest

specified multiple
ODD Round a number up to the next
odd integer
PI Get the value of π
RAND Get a random number between
0 and 1
RANDBETWEEN Get a random integer between
two values
ROUND Round a number to a given
number of digits
ROUNDDOWN Round a number down to a
given number of digits
ROUNDUP Round a number up to a given
number of digits
SQRT Find the positive square root of
a number
SUBTOTAL Get a subtotal in a list or
database
SUM Add numbers together
SUMIF Sum numbers in a range that
meet supplied criteria
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SUMIFS Sum cells that match multiple

criteria
SUMPRODUCT Multiply then sum arrays
TRUNC Truncate a number to a given
precision

Statistical
AVERAGE Get the average of a group of
numbers
AVERAGEA Get the average of a group of
numbers and text
AVERAGEIF Get the average of numbers that
meet criteria
AVERCOUNT Count numbers
COUNTA Count the number of non-blank
cells
COUNTBLANK Count cells that are blank
COUNTIF Count cells that match criteria
COUNTIFS Count cells that match multiple
criteria
MAX Get the largest value
MAXA Get the largest value
MAXIFS Get maximum value with criteria

MEDIAN Get the median of a group of

numbers
MIN Get the smallest value
MINA Get the smallest value
MINIFS Get minimum value with criteria

MODE Get the mode of a group of

numbers
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Text
CHAR Get a character from a number
CLEAN Strip non-printable characters
from text
CODE Get the code for a character
CONCAT Join text values without
delimiter
CONCATENATE Join text together
DOLLARDE Converts a dollar value in
fractional notation into a dollar value
in decimal notation
EXACT Compare two text strings
FIND Get the location of text in a
string
FIXED Rounds and converts a supplied
number to text
LEFT Extract text from the left of a
string
LEN Get the length of text
LOWER Convert text to lower case
MID Extract text from inside a string
NUMBERVALUE Converts a text string into a
number in a locale-independent
manner
PROPER Capitalize the first letter in each
word
REPLACE Replace text based on location
REPT Repeat text as specified
RIGHT Extract text from the right of a
string
SEARCH Get the location of text in a
string
SUBSTITUTE Replace text based on content
T Tests if the value provided is a
text or not
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TEXT Convert a number to text in a

number format
TEXTJOIN Join text values with a delimiter

TRIM Remove extra spaces from text

UNICHAR Get the Unicode character for a
given number
UNICODE Get the code point for a given
character
UPPER Convert text to upper case
VALUE Convert text to a number