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Excel engineering functions

Engineering functions in Excel, explained with live examples.

54 engineering functions in Excel0 documented in depth so far, the rest indexed below and landing every week.

All Excel engineering functions

The full set — deep dives on the way.

BESSELI
Returns the modified Bessel function In(x)
BESSELJ
Returns the Bessel function Jn(x)
BESSELK
Returns the modified Bessel function Kn(x)
BESSELY
Returns the Bessel function Yn(x)
BIN2DEC
Converts a binary number to decimal
BIN2HEX
Converts a binary number to hexadecimal
BIN2OCT
Converts a binary number to octal
BITAND
Returns a 'Bitwise And' of two numbers
BITLSHIFT
Returns a value number shifted left by shift_amount bits
BITOR
Returns a bitwise OR of 2 numbers
BITRSHIFT
Returns a value number shifted right by shift_amount bits
BITXOR
Returns a bitwise 'Exclusive Or' of two numbers
COMPLEX
Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number
CONVERT
Converts a number from one measurement system to another
DEC2BIN
Converts a decimal number to binary
DEC2HEX
Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal
DEC2OCT
Converts a decimal number to octal
DELTA
Tests whether two values are equal
ERF
Returns the error function
ERF.PRECISE
Returns the error function
ERFC
Returns the complementary error function
ERFC.PRECISE
Returns the complementary ERF function integrated between x and infinity
GESTEP
Tests whether a number is greater than a threshold value
HEX2BIN
Converts a hexadecimal number to binary
HEX2DEC
Converts a hexadecimal number to decimal
HEX2OCT
Converts a hexadecimal number to octal
IMABS
Returns the absolute value (modulus) of a complex number
IMAGINARY
Returns the imaginary coefficient of a complex number
IMARGUMENT
Returns the argument theta, an angle expressed in radians
IMCONJUGATE
Returns the complex conjugate of a complex number
IMCOS
Returns the cosine of a complex number
IMCOSH
Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number
IMCOT
Returns the cotangent of a complex number
IMCSC
Returns the cosecant of a complex number
IMCSCH
Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number
IMDIV
Returns the quotient of two complex numbers
IMEXP
Returns the exponential of a complex number
IMLN
Returns the natural logarithm of a complex number
IMLOG10
Returns the base-10 logarithm of a complex number
IMLOG2
Returns the base-2 logarithm of a complex number
IMPOWER
Returns a complex number raised to an integer power
IMPRODUCT
Returns the product of complex numbers
IMREAL
Returns the real coefficient of a complex number
IMSEC
Returns the secant of a complex number
IMSECH
Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number
IMSIN
Returns the sine of a complex number
IMSINH
Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number
IMSQRT
Returns the square root of a complex number
IMSUB
Returns the difference between two complex numbers
IMSUM
Returns the sum of complex numbers
IMTAN
Returns the tangent of a complex number
OCT2BIN
Converts an octal number to binary
OCT2DEC
Converts an octal number to decimal
OCT2HEX
Converts an octal number to hexadecimal

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