Comprehensive list of 100 advanced Excel

functions along with brief descriptions:

Lookup and Reference Functions
1. VLOOKUP: Searches for a value in the first column of a table and returns a value in the
same row from a specified column.
2. HLOOKUP: Searches for a value in the first row of a table and returns a value in the same
column from a specified row.
3. LOOKUP: Looks up a value either from a one-row or one-column range or from an array.
4. INDEX: Returns the value of an element in a table or array selected by the row and column
number indexes.
5. MATCH: Searches for a specified item in a range and returns the relative position of that
item.
6. XLOOKUP: Searches a range or an array and returns an item corresponding to the first
match it finds.
7. XMATCH: Searches a range or an array and returns the relative position of the item.
8. OFFSET: Returns a reference to a range that is a specified number of rows and columns
from a cell or range of cells.
9. INDIRECT: Returns the reference specified by a text string.
10. CHOOSE: Returns a value from a list of values based on an index number.
11. HYPERLINK: Creates a shortcut to open a document stored on your hard drive, a network
server, or on the Internet.
12. TRANSPOSE: Converts a vertical range of cells to a horizontal range, and vice versa.
13. FORMULATEXT: Returns a formula as a text string from a specified cell.
14. GETPIVOTDATA: Extracts data from a PivotTable.
15. ADDRESS: Creates a cell address as a text string based on a given row and column number.
16. AREAS: Returns the number of areas in a reference.
17. COLUMN: Returns the column number of a reference.
18. COLUMNS: Returns the number of columns in a reference.
19. ROW: Returns the row number of a reference.
20. ROWS: Returns the number of rows in a reference.
=VLOOKUP("Apple", A2:D10, 2, FALSE)
=HLOOKUP("Apple", A1:J1, 2, FALSE)
=LOOKUP("Apple", A2:A10, B2:B10)
=INDEX(B2:B10, MATCH("Apple", A2:A10, 0))
=MATCH("Apple", A2:A10, 0)
=XLOOKUP("Apple", A2:A10, B2:B10, "Not found")
=XMATCH("Apple", A2:A10)
=OFFSET(A1, 2, 2, 5, 1)
=INDIRECT("A" & B1)
=CHOOSE(2, "Apple", "Banana", "Cherry")
=HYPERLINK("http://www.example.com", "Click Here")
=TRANSPOSE(A1:A10)
=FORMULATEXT(B1)
=GETPIVOTDATA("Sales", A3, "Region", "North")
=ADDRESS(1, 1)
=AREAS(A1:C3)
=COLUMN(A1)
=COLUMNS(A1:C3)
=ROW(A1)
=ROWS(A1:C3)
Text Functions
21. TEXT: Formats a number and converts it to text.
22. CONCAT: Concatenates a list or range of text strings.
23. TEXTJOIN: Combines text from multiple ranges or strings, with a delimiter separating
each value.
24. LEFT: Returns the first character(s) in a text string based on the number of characters
specified.
25. RIGHT: Returns the last character(s) in a text string based on the number of characters
specified.
26. MID: Returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you
specify.
27. TRIM: Removes extra spaces from text, leaving only single spaces between words.
28. CLEAN: Removes all non-printable characters from text.
29. UPPER: Converts text to uppercase.
30. LOWER: Converts text to lowercase.
31. PROPER: Capitalizes the first letter of each word in a text string.
32. SUBSTITUTE: Replaces occurrences of a specified substring within a text string with
another substring.
33. REPT: Repeats text a given number of times.
34. FIND: Finds one text string within another and returns the starting position of the text
found.
35. SEARCH: Similar to FIND, but is not case-sensitive.
36. T: Returns the text referred to by a value.
37. TEXTSPLIT: Splits text into rows or columns based on a specified delimiter.
=TEXT(A1, "MM/DD/YYYY")
=CONCAT(A1:A10)
=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, A1:A10)
=LEFT(A1, 5)
=RIGHT(A1, 5)
=MID(A1, 2, 3)
=TRIM(A1)
=CLEAN(A1)
=UPPER(A1)
=LOWER(A1)
=PROPER(A1)
=SUBSTITUTE(A1, "old_text", "new_text")
=REPT(A1, 3)
=FIND("Apple", A1)
=SEARCH("Apple", A1)
=T(A1)
=TEXTSPLIT(A1, ",")

Logical Functions
38. IF: Checks whether a condition is met, and returns one value if TRUE and another value if
FALSE.
39. IFS: Checks multiple conditions and returns a value corresponding to the first TRUE
condition.
40. AND: Returns TRUE if all arguments are TRUE.
41. OR: Returns TRUE if any argument is TRUE.
42. NOT: Reverses the logical value of its argument.
43. SWITCH: Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the result
corresponding to the first matching value.
44. IFERROR: Returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, it
returns the result of the formula.
45. IFNA: Returns a value you specify if an expression resolves to #N/A; otherwise, it returns
the result of the expression.
46. XOR: Returns a logical Exclusive OR of all arguments.
=IF(A1 > 10, "Yes", "No")
=IFS(A1 > 10, "High", A1 > 5, "Medium", TRUE, "Low")
=AND(A1 > 0, B1 > 0)
=OR(A1 > 0, B1 > 0)
=NOT(A1 > 0)
=SWITCH(A1, 1, "One", 2, "Two", 3, "Three", "Other")
=IFERROR(A1/B1, "Error")
=IFNA(VLOOKUP("Apple", A2:B10, 2, FALSE), "Not Found")
=XOR(A1 > 0, B1 > 0)

Math and Trigonometry Functions

47. SUM: Adds all the numbers in a range of cells.
48. SUMIF: Adds the cells specified by a given condition or criteria.
49. SUMIFS: Adds the cells in a range that meet multiple criteria.
50. AVERAGE: Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of its arguments.
51. AVERAGEIF: Returns the average of the cells in a range that meet a given condition.
52. AVERAGEIFS: Returns the average of all cells that meet multiple criteria.
53. COUNT: Counts the number of cells that contain numbers.
54. COUNTA: Counts the number of cells that are not empty.
55. COUNTIF: Counts the number of cells that meet a criterion.
56. COUNTIFS: Counts the number of cells that meet multiple criteria.
57. MAX: Returns the largest value in a set of values.
58. MIN: Returns the smallest value in a set of values.
59. MAXIFS: Returns the maximum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions
or criteria.
60. MINIFS: Returns the minimum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions or
criteria.
61. PRODUCT: Multiplies all the numbers given as arguments.
62. POWER: Returns the result of a number raised to a power.
63. SQRT: Returns the square root of a number.
64. RAND: Returns a random number between 0 and 1.
65. RANDBETWEEN: Returns a random number between the numbers you specify.
66. ROUND: Rounds a number to a specified number of digits.
67. ROUNDUP: Rounds a number up, away from zero.
68. ROUNDDOWN: Rounds a number down, towards zero.
69. CEILING: Rounds a number up to the nearest multiple of a specified value.
70. FLOOR: Rounds a number down to the nearest multiple of a specified value.
71. MOD: Returns the remainder from division.
72. PI: Returns the value of π.
73. SIN: Returns the sine of a given angle.
74. COS: Returns the cosine of a given angle.
75. TAN: Returns the tangent of a given angle.
76. ASIN: Returns the arcsine of a number.
77. ACOS: Returns the arccosine of a number.
78. ATAN: Returns the arctangent of a number.
79. ATAN2: Returns the arctangent of the quotient of two specified numbers.
80. LOG: Returns the logarithm of a number to a specified base.
81. LOG10: Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number.
82. FACT: Returns the factorial of a number.
83. COMBIN: Returns the number of combinations for a given number of items.
=SUM(A1:A10)
=SUMIF(A1:A10, ">5")
=SUMIFS(C2:C10, A2:A10, "Apple", B2:B10, ">10")
=AVERAGE(A1:A10)
=AVERAGEIF(A1:A10, ">5")
=AVERAGEIFS(C2:C10, A2:A10, "Apple", B2:B10, ">10")
=COUNT(A1:A10)
=COUNTA(A1:A10)
=COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">5")
=COUNTIFS(A1:A10, ">5", B1:B10, "<10")
=MAX(A1:A10)
=MIN(A1:A10)
=MAXIFS(A1:A10, B1:B10, ">5")
=MINIFS(A1:A10, B1:B10, ">5")
=PRODUCT(A1:A10)
=POWER(A1, 2)
=SQRT(A1)
=RAND()
=RANDBETWEEN(1, 100)
=ROUND(A1, 2)
=ROUNDUP(A1, 2)
=ROUNDDOWN(A1, 2)
=CEILING(A1, 1)
=FLOOR(A1, 1)
=MOD(A1, 2)
=PI()
=SIN(A1)
=COS(A1)
=TAN(A1)
=ASIN(A1)
=ACOS(A1)
=ATAN(A1)
=ATAN2(A1, B1)
=LOG(A1, 10)
=LOG10(A1)
=FACT(A1)
=COMBIN(A1, B1)

Date and Time Functions

84. TODAY: Returns the current date.
85. NOW: Returns the current date and time.
86. DATE: Returns the serial number of a particular date.
87. DATEDIF: Calculates the difference between two dates.
88. EDATE: Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before
or after a specified date.
89. EOMONTH: Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a
specified number of months.
90. DAY: Converts a serial number to a day of the month.
91. MONTH: Converts a serial number to a month.
92. YEAR: Converts a serial number to a year.
93. HOUR: Converts a serial number to an hour.
94. MINUTE: Converts a serial number to a minute.
95. SECOND: Converts a serial number to a second.
96. TIME: Returns the serial number of a particular time.
97. WEEKDAY: Converts a serial number to a day of the week.
98. WORKDAY: Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of
workdays.
99. NETWORKDAYS: Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates.
100. ISOWEEKNUM: Returns the ISO week number of the year for a given date.
=TODAY()
=NOW()
=DATE(2024, 1, 1)
=DATEDIF(A1, B1, "d")
=EDATE(A1, 1)
=EOMONTH(A1, 1)
=DAY(A1)
=MONTH(A1)
=YEAR(A1)
=HOUR(A1)
=MINUTE(A1)
=SECOND(A1)
=TIME(12, 0, 0)
=WEEKDAY(A1, 1)
=WORKDAY(A1, 5)
=NETWORKDAYS(A1, B1)
=ISOWEEKNUM(A1)
By mastering these 100 functions, you can greatly enhance your productivity, data analysis
capabilities, and overall efficiency in Excel. These functions cover a wide range of needs
from simple calculations to complex data manipulation and analysis tasks.