New functions in Excel 2013

Important: The calculated results of formulas and some Excel worksheet functions may differ slightly between a Windows PC using x86 or x86-64 architecture and a Windows RT PC using ARM architecture. Learn more about the differences.

Click any function name in the following list to see detailed help about that function.

Function name	Type and description
ACOT function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arccotangent of a number
ACOTH function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic arccotangent of a number
ARABIC function	Math and trigonometry:    Converts a Roman number to Arabic, as a number
BASE function	Math and trigonometry:    Converts a number into a text representation with the given radix (base)
BINOM.DIST.RANGE function	Statistical:    Returns the probability of a trial result using a binomial distribution
BITAND function	Engineering:    Returns a 'Bitwise And' of two numbers
BITLSHIFT function	Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted left by shift_amount bits
BITOR function	Engineering:    Returns a bitwise OR of 2 numbers
BITRSHIFT function	Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted right by shift_amount bits
BITXOR function	Engineering:    Returns a bitwise 'Exclusive Or' of two numbers
CEILING.MATH function	Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance
COMBINA function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the number of combinations with repetitions for a given number of items
COT function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number
COTH function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cotangent of an angle
CSC function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cosecant of an angle
CSCH function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of an angle
DAYS function	Date and time:    Returns the number of days between two dates
DECIMAL function	Math and trigonometry:    Converts a text representation of a number in a given base into a decimal number
ENCODEURL function	Web:    Returns a URL-encoded string
FILTERXML function	Web:    Returns specific data from the XML content by using the specified XPath
FLOOR.MATH function	Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance
FORMULATEXT function	Lookup and reference:    Returns the formula at the given reference as text
GAMMA function	Statistical:    Returns the Gamma function value
GAUSS function	Statistical:    Returns 0.5 less than the standard normal cumulative distribution
IFNA function	Logical:    Returns the value you specify if the expression resolves to #N/A, otherwise returns the result of the expression
IMCOSH function	Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number
IMCOT function	Engineering:    Returns the cotangent of a complex number
IMCSC function	Engineering:    Returns the cosecant of a complex number
IMCSCH function	Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number
IMSEC function	Engineering:    Returns the secant of a complex number
IMSECH function	Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number
IMSINH function	Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number
IMTAN function	Engineering:    Returns the tangent of a complex number
ISFORMULA function	Information:    Returns TRUE if there is a reference to a cell that contains a formula
ISOWEEKNUM function	Date and time:    Returns the number of the ISO week number of the year for a given date
MUNIT function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the unit matrix or the specified dimension
NUMBERVALUE function	Text:    Converts text to number in a locale-independent manner
PDURATION function	Financial:    Returns the number of periods required by an investment to reach a specified value
PERMUTATIONA function	Statistical:    Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects (with repetitions) that can be selected from the total objects
PHI function	Statistical:    Returns the value of the density function for a standard normal distribution
RRI function	Financial:    Returns an equivalent interest rate for the growth of an investment
SEC function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the secant of an angle
SECH function	Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of an angle
SHEET function	Information:    Returns the sheet number of the referenced sheet
SHEETS function	Information:    Returns the number of sheets in a reference
SKEW.P function	Statistical:    Returns the skewness of a distribution based on a population: a characterization of the degree of asymmetry of a distribution around its mean
UNICHAR function	Text:    Returns the Unicode character that is references by the given numeric value
UNICODE function	Text:    Returns the number (code point) that corresponds to the first character of the text
WEBSERVICE function	Web:    Returns data from a web service.
XOR function	Logical:    Returns a logical exclusive OR of all arguments

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