Microsoft Excel formulas Example

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This article provides links to topics that show you detailed examples of the various types of formulas that you can create in Excel.

Type of Formula	Example
Conditional	Create conditional formulas
	Check if a number is greater than or less than another number
	Display or hide zero values
	Hide error values and error indicators in a cell
Lookup	Look up values in a range
Date and Time	Add dates
	Add times
	Calculate the difference between two dates
	Calculate the difference between two times
	Count days before a date
	Show dates as the day of the week
	Insert the current date and time in a cell
	Insert Julian dates
Financial	Calculate a running balance
	Calculate a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
Statistical	Calculate the average of numbers
	Calculate the median of a group of numbers
	Calculate the mode of a group of numbers
Math	Add numbers
	Subtract numbers
	Multiply numbers
	Divide numbers
	Calculate percentages
	Round a number
	Raise a number to a power
	Calculate the smallest or largest number in a range
	Calculate the factorial of a number
	Create a multiplication table
Counting	Count cells that contain numbers
	Count nonblank cells
	Count how often a value occurs
	Count occurrences of values or unique values in a data range
	Count numbers greater than or less than a number
	Calculate a running total
	Count all of the cells in a range
	Count the number of words in a cell or range
Conversion	Convert times
	Convert dates stored as text to dates
	Convert numbers stored as text to numbers
	Convert measurements
	Convert numbers to different number systems
	Convert Arabic to Roman numerals
Text	Change the case of text
	Check if a cell contains text
	Compare cell contents
	Combine text and numbers
	Combine text with a date or time
	Combine first and last names
	Combine two or more columns by using a function
	Repeat a character in a cell
	Display only the last four digits of identification numbers
	Remove spaces from the beginning and end of a cell
	Remove characters from text
	Insert the current Excel file name in a cell
	Split names by using Convert Text to Columns
	Split text among columns by using functions

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