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Excel formulas

All 510 formulas, explained

The complete Excel and Google Sheets function list — syntax, each argument, a worked example you can paste and check, and what to reach for instead. Stuck on the wording? Describe the result in plain English and the AI writes the formula.

510 functions

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Text· 45

Join, split, clean, find and reformat text.

Logical· 13

Test conditions and branch — IF, AND, OR, IFERROR, LET.

Lookup & reference· 21

Find a value in a range — XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, VLOOKUP.

Math & trig· 82

Sum, round, conditional totals, random numbers, SUBTOTAL.

Statistical· 107

Averages, counts, MAX/MIN, rank, percentile, conditional stats.

Date & time· 26

Build, break apart and do arithmetic on dates and times.

Financial· 55

Loan payments, present/future value, NPV, IRR, depreciation.

Information· 21

Ask what a cell contains — ISBLANK, ISNUMBER, ISERROR, TYPE.

Dynamic arrays· 25

Spill results — FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE, stacking.

Database· 12

Aggregate records matching a criteria range — DSUM, DGET.

Engineering· 54

Base conversion, bitwise ops, complex numbers, CONVERT, Bessel.

Web· 3

ENCODEURL, FILTERXML, WEBSERVICE — pull and parse web data.

Cube· 7

Query an OLAP / Power Pivot data model — CUBEVALUE, CUBEMEMBER.

Compatibility· 39

Older function names kept so pre-2010 workbooks still open.

A 60-second primer

A formula always starts with =. It can hold numbers, text in "quotes", cell references like B2, ranges like B2:B100, operators (+ - * / ^ & = <>) and functions.

  • Absolute vs relative: $B$2 stays fixed when you copy the formula; B2 shifts. Press F4 to cycle.
  • Spill: modern functions (FILTER, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE) return many cells from one formula. A #SPILL! error means something is in the way.
  • Errors: #N/A not found, #VALUE! wrong type, #DIV/0! divide by zero, #REF! deleted cell. Wrap in IFERROR to handle them.
  • Locale: some regions use ; instead of , between arguments. The examples here use commas.

Everything here also works in Google Sheets unless a function’s page says otherwise. Need to crunch Indian numbers instead? Try the GST, EMI and income-tax calculators.