Excel functions in plain English
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Returns the end of an offset month.
Read sentence and examples ↗Counts working days between dates.
Read sentence and examples ↗Returns a date offset by working days.
Read sentence and examples ↗Returns the day-of-week number.
Read sentence and examples ↗Checks whether a reference is blank.
Read sentence and examples ↗Checks whether a value is numeric.
Read sentence and examples ↗Checks whether a value is text.
Read sentence and examples ↗Checks whether a value is an error.
Read sentence and examples ↗Checks whether a cell contains a formula.
Read sentence and examples ↗Converts between measurement units.
Read sentence and examples ↗Calculates a periodic loan payment.
Read sentence and examples ↗Calculates future value.
Read sentence and examples ↗Calculates present value.
Read sentence and examples ↗Calculates net present value of periodic cash flows.
Read sentence and examples ↗Calculates internal rate of return.
Read sentence and examples ↗Returns historical data for a financial instrument.
Read sentence and examples ↗Displays an image from a URL in supported versions.
Read sentence and examples ↗Groups and aggregates data by row fields in supported Microsoft 365 versions.
Read sentence and examples ↗Groups and aggregates data by row and column fields in supported Microsoft 365 versions.
Read sentence and examples ↗Applies a LAMBDA to each value in an array.
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