Advanced Excel - Engineering Functions

The Excel Engineering functions perform the most commonly used Engineering calculations, many of which relate to Bessel functions, complex numbers, or converting between different bases.

Engineering Functions

The following table lists all the Engineering functions −

S.No.	Function and Description
1	BESSELI Returns the modified Bessel function In(x)
2	BESSELJ Returns the Bessel function Jn(x)
3	BESSELK Returns the modified Bessel function Kn(x)
4	BESSELY Returns the Bessel function Yn(x)
5	BIN2DEC Converts a binary number to decimal
6	BIN2HEX Converts a binary number to hexadecimal
7	BIN2OCT Converts a binary number to octal
8	BITAND Returns a 'Bitwise And' of two numbers
9	BITLSHIFT Returns a value number shifted left by shift_amount bits
10	BITOR Returns a bitwise OR of 2 numbers
11	BITRSHIFT Returns a value number shifted right by shift_amount bits
12	BITXOR Returns a bitwise 'Exclusive Or' of two numbers
13	COMPLEX Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number
14	CONVERT Converts a number from one measurement system to another
15	DEC2BIN Converts a decimal number to binary
16	DEC2HEX Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal
17	DEC2OCT Converts a decimal number to octal
18	DELTA Tests whether two values are equal
19	ERF Returns the error function
20	ERF.PRECISE Returns the error function
21	ERFC Returns the complementary error function
22	ERFC.PRECISE Returns the complementary error function
23	GESTEP Tests whether a number is greater than a threshold value
24	HEX2BIN Converts a hexadecimal number to binary
25	HEX2DEC Converts a hexadecimal number to decimal
26	HEX2OCT Converts a hexadecimal number to octal
27	IMABS Returns the absolute value (modulus) of a complex number
28	IMAGINARY Returns the imaginary coefficient of a complex number
29	IMARGUMENT Returns the argument theta, an angle expressed in radians
30	IMCONJUGATE Returns the complex conjugate of a complex number
31	IMCOS Returns the cosine of a complex number
32	IMCOSH Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number
33	IMCOT Returns the cotangent of a complex number
34	IMCSC Returns the cosecant of a complex number
35	IMCSCH Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number
36	IMDIV Returns the quotient of two complex numbers
37	IMEXP Returns the exponential of a complex number
38	IMLN Returns the natural logarithm of a complex number
39	IMLOG2 Returns the base-2 logarithm of a complex number
40	IMLOG10 Returns the base-10 logarithm of a complex number
41	IMPOWER Returns a complex number raised to an integer power
42	IMPRODUCT Returns the product of complex numbers
43	IMREAL Returns the real coefficient of a complex number
44	IMSEC Returns the secant of a complex number
45	IMSECH Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number
46	IMSIN Returns the sine of a complex number
47	IMSINH Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number
48	IMSQRT Returns the square root of a complex number
49	IMSUB Returns the difference of two complex numbers
50	IMSUM Returns the sum of complex numbers
51	IMTAN Returns the tangent of a complex number
52	OCT2BIN Converts an octal number to binary
53	OCT2DEC Converts an octal number to decimal
54	OCT2HEX Converts an octal number to hexadecimal