Complete List of Excel Engineering Functions References and Examples

Excel Engineering Functions perform the most commonly used engineering calculations, many of which relate to Bessel Functions, Complex Numbers or converting between different bases.

Here’s a full list of Built-In Engineering Functions in Excel and their Descriptions below:

Click each of the function link to see detailed example.

Converting Between Units of Measurement CONVERT Converts a number from one measurement system to another Bessel Functions BESSELI Calculates the modified Bessel function In(x) BESSELJ Calculates the Bessel function Jn(x) BESSELK Calculates the modified Bessel function Kn(x) BESSELY Calculates the modified Bessel function Yn(x) Converting Between Bases BIN2DEC Converts a binary number to a decimal BIN2HEX Converts a binary number to hexadecimal BIN2OCT Converts a binary number to octal DEC2BIN Converts a decimal number to binary DEC2HEX Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal DEC2OCT Converts a decimal number to octal HEX2BIN Converts a hexadecimal number to binary HEX2DEC Converts a hexadecimal number to a decimal HEX2OCT Converts a hexadecimal number to octal OCT2BIN Converts octal number to binary OCT2DEC Converts octal number to a decimal OCT2HEX Converts octal number to hexadecimal The Error Function ERF Returns the error function integrated between two supplied limits ERF.PRECISE Returns the error function integrated between 0 and a supplied limit (New in Excel 2010) ERFC Returns the complementary error function integrated between a supplied lower limit and infinity ERFC.PRECISE Returns the complementary error function integrated between a supplied lower limit and infinity (New in Excel 2010) Bitwise Functions BITAND Returns a Bitwise ‘And’ of two numbers (New in Excel 2013) BITOR Returns a Bitwise ‘Or’ of two numbers (New in Excel 2013) BITXOR Returns a Bitwise ‘Exclusive Or’ of two numbers (New in Excel 2013) BITLSHIFT Returns a number shifted left by a specified number of bits (New in Excel 2013) BITRSHIFT Returns a number shifted right by a specified number of bits (New in Excel 2013)

Testing Numeric Values
DELTA	Tests whether two supplied numbers are equal
GESTEP	Tests whether a number is greater than a supplied threshold value
Complex Numbers
COMPLEX	Converts user-supplied real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number
IMABS	Returns the absolute value (the modulus) of a complex number
IMAGINARY	Returns the imaginary coefficient of a complex number
IMARGUMENT	Returns the argument Θ (an angle expressed in radians) of a complex number
IMCONJUGATE	Returns the complex conjugate of a complex number
IMCOS	Returns the cosine of a complex number
IMCOSH	Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMCOT	Returns the cotangent of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMCSC	Returns the cosecant of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMCSCH	Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMDIV	Returns the quotient of two supplied complex numbers
IMEXP	Returns the exponential of a complex number
IMLN	Returns the natural logarithm of a complex number
IMLOG10	Returns the base-10 logarithm of a complex number
IMLOG2	Returns the base-2 logarithm of a complex number
IMPOWER	Calculates a complex number raised to a supplied power
IMPRODUCT	Returns the product of up to 255 supplied complex numbers
IMREAL	Returns the real coefficient of a complex number
IMSEC	Returns the secant of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMSECH	Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMSIN	Returns the sine of a complex number
IMSINH	Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)
IMSQRT	Returns the square root of a complex number
IMSUB	Subtracts two complex numbers
IMSUM	Calculates the sum of two complex numbers
IMTAN	Returns the tangent of a complex number (New in Excel 2013)