By now we have discussed a good number of Math functions, Text functions and some advanced concepts. Now let us take some of the math functions that we have discussed so far.
[Before I move ahead and talk about various functions, I would like to touch upon an issue which we generally face while using Excel. Many a times we tend to forget how a particular function is written, i.e. the syntax of functions, though we know how to use the function well. Microsoft understands this problem well and has provided a very useful, but not so popular, tool for this. You can recall the syntax of any function by pressing CTRL+A while in the middle of writing that particular function and WHOAA..you now know how to write that function. Read more about this topic here.]
In our initial days we talked about some basic, but useful, math functions. The list includes basic functions such as Sum(), Average(), Product(), Count(), Counta() etc.
We also talked about certain advanced level math functions. These functions are like – Sumif(), ABS(), SumSQ(), etc.. The Sumif() functions perform sum with some conditions applied to them.
For example, if I want to add a number of entries in range A1 to A10 (containing only numbers), for only those cells that have ‘3’, then I would need to use Sumif(). The formula for this would be - =Sumif(A1:A10,3).
If you wanted to convert a given number into an even or an odd number, you would need Even() and Odd() functions.
All of the above functions were such which can be used for performing some or the other function. There are two functions which are used to fetch random numbers – Rand() and Randbetween().
Randbetween() functions is available in Excel 2007 (and is not there in Excel 2003). Rand() is used to generate a random number between the range of 0 to1 and is a decimal number. Whereas, Randbetween() returns random integers between the range provided by the user.
Randbetween() functions is available in Excel 2007 (and is not there in Excel 2003). Rand() is used to generate a random number between the range of 0 to1 and is a decimal number. Whereas, Randbetween() returns random integers between the range provided by the user.
So this wraps the list of Math Functions which we have discussed since the beginning of the blog. I will also be summarizing all the text functions that we have discussed here in our earlier posts.
In case you would like me to include any other specific function in this list, please feel free to send e a note, or make a comment on any of the blog entries. I will include that function/topic in my list of publications.
In my next post, I will talk about various Text Functions that we have discussed till date.
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