FPSpreadsheet: List of formulas: what changed
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| 1 | 1 | ## Introduction | |
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| 3 | + | This is a list of the formulas supported by [[FPSpreadsheet]]. | |
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| 5 | + | The arguments can be **constants** of the given type, or **cells** containing values of the given type. Similar to the Office applications, type-checking is very relaxed, and data are automatically converted to the required type if possible. | |
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| 7 | 7 | ## Mathematical functions | |
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| 9 | 9 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
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| 11 | 11 | | `ABS(num)` | Returns the absolute value of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 12 | 12 | | `ACOS(num)` | Returns the arccosine (in radians) of a number | float (>= -1 and <= +1) | 1 | float | | | |
| 13 | 13 | | `ACOSH(num)` | Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number | float (>= 1) | 1 | float | | | |
| 14 | 14 | | `ASIN(num)` | Returns the arcsine (in radians) of a number | float (>= -1 and <= +1) | 1 | float | | | |
| 15 | 15 | | `ASINH(num)` | Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 16 | 16 | | `ATAN(num)` | Returns the arctangent (in radians) of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 17 | 17 | | `ATANH(num)` | Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number | float (> -1 and < +1) | 1 | float | | | |
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| 18 | + | | `CEILING(num,signif)` | Rounds a number up to next multiple of `signif` | float | 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 19 | 19 | | `COS(num)` | Returns the cosine of an angle (in radians) | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 20 | 20 | | `COSH(num)` | Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 21 | 21 | | `DEGREES(num)` | Converts an angle from radians to degrees | float | 1 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 22 | 22 | | `EVEN(num)` | Rounds a pos number up, a neg number down to the next even integer | float | 1 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 23 | 23 | | `EXP(num)` | Calculates the exponential function of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 24 | 24 | | `FACT(num)` | Calculates the factorial of a number | integer | 1 | float | | | |
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| 25 | + | | `FLOOR(num,signif)` | Rounds a number down to next multiple of `signif` | float | 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 26 | 26 | | `INT(num)` | Returns the integer portion of a number, rounds down | float | 1 | integer | | | |
| 27 | 27 | | `LN(num)` | Calculates the natural logarithm of a number | float (> 0) | 1 | float | | | |
| 28 | 28 | | `LOG(num [, base])` | Calculates the logarithm of a number to a specified base. · `base`, if omitted, is 10. | float (> 0) | 1 or 2 | float | | | |
| 29 | 29 | | `LOG10(num)` | Calculates the base-10 logarithm of a number | float (> 0) | 1 | float | | | |
| 30 | 30 | | `ODD(num)` | Rounds a pos number up, a neg number down to the next odd integer | float | 1 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 31 | 31 | | `PI()` | Returns the mathematical constant π (3.14159265358979) | none | 0 | float | | | |
| 32 | 32 | | `POWER(num, exponent)` | Returns the result of a number raised to a given power | float | 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 33 | 33 | | `RADIANS(num)` | Converts an angle from degrees to radians | float | 1 or 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 34 | 34 | | `RAND()` | Returns a random number between 0 and 1 | none | 0 | float | | | |
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| 35 | + | | `ROUND(num, digits)` | Returns a number rounded to a specified number of digits | float, integer | 2 | float | | | |
| 36 | + | | `ROUNDDOWN(num, digits)` | Returns a number rounded down to a specified number of digits | float, integer | 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 37 | + | | `ROUNDUP(num, digits)` | Returns a number rounded up to a specified number of digits | float, integer | 2 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 36 | 38 | | `SIGN(num)` | Returns the sign of a number | float | 1 | integer | | | |
| 37 | 39 | | `SIN(num)` | Returns the sine of an angle (in radians) | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 38 | 40 | | `SINH(num)` | Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 39 | 41 | | `TAN(num)` | Returns the tangent of an angle (in radians) | float (<> (integer)*π/2) | 1 | float | | | |
| 40 | 42 | | `TANH(num)` | Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number | float | 1 | float | | | |
| 41 | 43 | ||
| 42 | 44 | ## Statistical functions | |
| 43 | 45 | ||
| 44 | 46 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
| 45 | 47 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 46 | 48 | | `AVEDEV(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Average value of absolute deviations of data from their mean. | float | > 1 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 47 | 49 | | `AVERAGE(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Average value of a series of numbers | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 48 | 50 | | `AVERAGEIF(range, condition [, value_range] )` | Average value of data in value_range if cells in range meet condition | cell ranges (like `A1:D5`) · `condition` is value, string or cell | 2 or 3 | float | sfExcel2 · sfExcel5 · sfExcel8 | | |
| 49 | 51 | | `COUNT(value1 [, value2, ...] )` | Counts cells and arguments containing numbers | any | > 1 | integer | | | |
| 50 | 52 | | `COUNTA(value1 [, value2, ...] )` | Counts the number of non-empty cells and arguments | any | > 1 | integer | | | |
| 51 | 53 | | `COUNTBLANK(range)` | Counts the number of empty cells in a range | cell range · (like `A1:D5`) | 1 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 52 | 54 | | `COUNTIF(range, condition )` | Counts the cells in range which meet condition | cell range (like `A1:D5`) · `condition` is value, string or cell | 2 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 53 | 55 | | `MAX(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the largest value from the numbers provided | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 54 | 56 | | `MIN(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the smallest value from the numbers provided | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 55 | 57 | | `PRODUCT(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Calculates the product of the numbers provided | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 56 | 58 | | `STDEV(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the standard deviation of a population based on a ample of numbers | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 57 | 59 | | `STDEVP(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the standard deviation of a population based on an entire population | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 58 | 60 | | `SUM(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Calculates the sum of the numbers provided | float | > 1 | float | | | |
| 59 | 61 | | `SUMIF(range, condition [, value_range] )` | Adds the data in value_range if cells in range meet condition | cell ranges (like `A1:D5`) · `condition` is value, string or cell | 2 or 3 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 60 | 62 | | `SUMSQ(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the sum of the squares of a series of numbers | float | > 1 | float | sfExcel2 | | |
| 61 | 63 | | `VAR(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the variance of a population based on a sample of numbers | float | >1 | float | | | |
| 62 | 64 | | `VARP(num1 [, num2, ...] )` | Returns the variance of a population based on an entire population | float | > 1 | float | | | |
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| 64 | 66 | ## Date/time funtions | |
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| 66 | 68 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
| 67 | 69 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 68 | 70 | | `DATE(year, month, day)` | Calculates a serial date number from year, month and day | integer | 3 | date/time | | | |
| 69 | 71 | | `DATEDIF(start_date, end_date, interval)` | Calculates the difference between two date value based on a given interval | `start_date, end_date`: date/time · `interval` is a string: · `Y` = number of years, · `M` = number of months, · `D` = number of days | 3 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 70 | 72 | | `DATEVALUE(date_string)` | Converts a (date) string to a date/time value. | string | 1 | date/time | | | |
| 71 | 73 | | `DAY(value)` | Extracts the day number (1..31) of a date value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 72 | 74 | | `HOUR(value)` | Extracts the hour (0..23) of a time value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 73 | 75 | | `MINUTE(value)` | Extracts the minute (0..59) of a time value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 74 | 76 | | `MONTH(value)` | Extracts the month number (1..12) of a date value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 75 | 77 | | `NOW()` | Returns the current system date and time. · Will refresh whenever the worksheet recalculates. | none | 0 | date/time | | | |
| 76 | 78 | | `SECOND(value)` | Extracts the second (0..59) of a time value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 77 | 79 | | `TIME(year, month, day)` | Calculates a date/time value from hours, minutes and seconds | integer | 3 | date/time | | | |
| 78 | 80 | | `TIMEVALUE(time_string)` | Converts a (time) string to a date/time value. | string | 1 | date/time | | | |
| 79 | 81 | | `TODAY()` | Returns the current system date | none | 0 | date/time | | | |
| 80 | 82 | | `WEEKDAY(value [, type])` | Returns a number code for the weekday of a date | `value`: date/time, number, string · `type=0`: Sunday=1, Saturday=7 (default) · `type=1`: Monday=1, Sunday=7 · `type=2`: Monday=9, Sunday=6 | 1 or 2 | integer | | | |
| 81 | 83 | | `YEAR(value)` | Extracts the year of a date value. | date/time, number, string | 1 | integer | | | |
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| 83 | 85 | ## String functions | |
| 84 | 86 | ||
| 85 | 87 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
| 86 | 88 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 87 | 89 | | `CHAR(ascii_value)` | Returns the character based on its ASCII value | integer | 1 | string | | | |
| 88 | 90 | | `CODE(text)` | Returns the ASCII code of the first character of a string | string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 89 | 91 | | `CONCATENATE(text1 [, text2, ...] )` | Joins strings together | float | > 1 | string | | | |
| 90 | 92 | | `EXACT(text1, text2)` | Compares two strings (case-sensitive) | float | 2 | boolean | | | |
| 91 | 93 | | `LEFT(text [, count])` | Returns the left-most characters of a string | `text`: string · `count`: integer (default 1) | 1 or 2 | string | | | |
| 92 | 94 | | `LEN(text)` | Returns the character count of a string | string | 1 | integer | | | |
| 93 | 95 | | `LOWER(text)` | Converts a string to lower-case characters | string | 1 | string | | | |
| 94 | 96 | | `MID(text, start_pos, count)` | Returns part of a string | `text`: string · `start_pos, count`: integer | 3 | string | | | |
| 95 | 97 | | `REPLACE(text, start_pos, count, new_text)` | Replaces a sequence of characters in a string with another string | `text`: string · `start_pos, count`: integer · `new_text`: string | 4 | string | | | |
| 96 | 98 | | `REPT(text, count)` | Repeats a text a specified number of times | `text`: string · `count`: integer | 2 | string | | | |
| 97 | 99 | | `RIGHT(text [, count])` | Returns the right-most characters of a string | `text`: string · `count`: integer (default 1) | 1 or 2 | string | | | |
| 98 | 100 | | `SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text [, nth_appearance])` | Replaces part of a string with another string | `text, old_text, new_text`: string · `nth_appearance`: integer · (default: replace all) | 3 or 4 | string | | | |
| 99 | 101 | | `TRIM(text)` | Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string | string | 1 | string | | | |
| 100 | 102 | | `UPPER(text)` | Converts a string to upper-case characters | string | 1 | string | | | |
| 101 | 103 | | `VALUE(text)` | Converts a string representing a number to a number | string | 1 | float | | | |
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| 103 | 105 | ## Logical functions | |
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| 105 | 107 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
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| 107 | 109 | | `AND(condition1 [, condition2, ...])` | Calculates the logical AND of several boolean values | boolean | any | boolean | | | |
| 108 | 110 | | `FALSE()` | Returns the boolean value FALSE | none | 0 | boolean | | | |
| 109 | 111 | | `IF(condition, value_true [, value_false])` | Returns `value_true` if `condition` is true, · or `value_false` (or false) if `condition` is false | `condition`: boolean · `value_true, value_false`: any type | 2 or 3 | any type | | | |
| 110 | 112 | | `NOT(value)` | Inverts a boolean value | boolean | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 111 | 113 | | `OR(condition1 [, condition2, ...])` | Calculates the logical OR of several boolean values | boolean | any | boolean | | | |
| 112 | 114 | | `TRUE()` | Returns the boolean value TRUE | none | 0 | boolean | | | |
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| 114 | 116 | ## Info functions | |
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| 116 | 118 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
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| 120 | + | | `ERROR.TYPE(value)` | Returns the numeric representation of one of the errors in Excel (1 = #NULL!, 2 = #DIV/0!, 3 = #VALUE!, 4 = #REF!, 5 = #NAME?, 6 = #NUM!, #N/A else). | cell | 1 | integer | sfExcel2 | | |
| 119 | 121 | | `ISBLANK(value)` | Checks for blank or null values. | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
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| 122 | + | | `ISERR(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is an error but not #N/A | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 123 | + | | `ISERROR(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is an error value (#N/A, #VALUE!, #REF!, #DIV/0!, #NUM!, #NAME? or #NULL). | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 122 | 124 | | `ISLOGICAL(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is boolean | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
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| 125 | + | | `ISNA(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is a #N/A error | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 124 | 126 | | `ISNONTEXT(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is not a string | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 125 | 127 | | `ISNUMBER(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is a number | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 126 | 128 | | `ISREF(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is a cell reference | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
| 127 | 129 | | `ISTEXT(value)` | Returns TRUE if `value` is a string | any, usually cell | 1 | boolean | | | |
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| 131 | 131 | ## Lookup/reference functions | |
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| 133 | 133 | | Calling prototye | Meaning | Argument types | Arguments | Result type | Not for | | |
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| 135 | + | | `ADDRESS(row, col [, ref_type] [, ref_style], [sheet_name])` | Returns a text representation of a cell address · `ref_type` is the type of reference to use: 1=absolute (default); 2=relative column, absolute row; 3=absolute column, relative row; 4=relative · `ref_style` if true (default) means: address in A1 dialect, otherwise in R1C1 · `sheet_name=name` of the worksheet | 3x integer · boolean · string | 2 (up to 5) | string | sfExcel2 | | |
| 136 | + | | `COLUMN( [reference] )` | Returns the (1-based) column number of a cell reference. · `reference` is a reference to a cell or range of cells. If omitted, it is assumed that the reference is the cell address in which the COLUMN function has been entered. | string | 1 (or 0) | integer | | | |
| 137 | 137 | | `HYPERLINK(link [, display_name])` | Adds a hyperlink | string | 1 or 2 | string (hyperlink) | sfExcel2, sfExcel5 | | |
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| 138 | + | | `INDEX(address, row , [col])` | Returns the cell content at the intersection of the given row and colum of the 2D cell range. · row and column indices are relative to the cell range (1-based). The last parameter can be omitted when the input array is 1-dimensional (i.e., a single column or row). | 1-D or 2-D cell range · integer · [integer] | 2 or 3 | (cell value) | | | |
| 139 | + | | `INDIRECT(address)` | Returns cell reference based on address string | string | 1 | cell | | | |
| 140 | + | | `MATCH(value, array [, type])` | Searches for a value in a 1-D array and returns the relative position of that item. · type = 1 (default) finds the largest value <= `value` (assumes an array in ascending order) · type = -1 finds the smallest value >= `value` (assumes an array in descending order) · type = 0 finds the first value equal to `value` (no requirement on sort order, array can contain strings with wildcard '?'). | `value`: float or text · `array`: 1-D cell range (e.g., `A1:A9`, or `A1:G1`) · `type`: integer | 2 or 3 | integer | | | |
| 141 | + | | `ROW( [reference] )` | Returns the (1-based) row number of a cell reference. · `reference` is a reference to a cell or range of cells. If omitted, it is assumed that the reference is the cell address in which the ROW function has been entered. | string | 1 (or 0) | integer | | | |
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| 144 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "FPSpreadsheet: List of formulas", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2025-04-18, last changed on 2024-05-30. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* |