Compatibility Functions
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This document describes the compatibility functions supported by a non-visual spreadsheet component.
Compatibility functions are functions that were replaced with new functions in Microsoft Excel versions 2010 and higher. These functions, however, are still available for use in documents created with earlier versions of Excel. Our spreadsheet correctly interprets and evaluates them.
Consider using the new, more precise functions instead of the functions listed in this document.
| Name | Description | Syntax |
|---|---|---|
| BETADIST | Returns the beta cumulative distribution function. | BETADIST(x,alpha,beta,[A],[B]) |
| BETAINV | Returns the inverse of the cumulative beta probability density function for a specified beta distribution. | BETAINV(probability,alpha,beta,A,B) |
| BINOMDIST | Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability. | BINOMDIST(number_s,trials,probability_s,cumulative) |
| CHIDIST | Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution. | CHIDIST(x,degrees_freedom) |
| CHIINV | Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution. | CHIINV(probability,degrees_freedom) |
| CHITEST | Returns the test for independence as the value from the chi-squared distribution for the statistic and the appropriate degrees of freedom | CHITEST(actual_range,expected_range) |
| CONFIDENCE | Returns the confidence interval for a population mean | CONFIDENCE(alpha,standard_dev,size) |
| COVAR | Returns covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair in two data sets. | COVAR(array1,array2) |
| CRITBINOM | Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value. | CRITBINOM(trials,probability_s,alpha) |
| EXPONDIST | Returns the exponential distribution. | EXPONDIST(x,lambda,cumulative) |
| FDIST | Returns the F probability distribution. | FDIST(x,degrees_freedom1,degrees_freedom2) |
| FINV | Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution. | FINV(probability,degrees_freedom1,degrees_freedom2) |
| FTEST | Returns the two-tailed probability that the variances in array1 and array2 are not significantly different. | FTEST(array1,array2) |
| GAMMADIST | Returns the gamma distribution. | GAMMADIST(x,alpha,beta,cumulative) |
| GAMMAINV | Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution. | GAMMAINV(probability,alpha,beta) |
| HYPGEOMDIST | Returns the hypergeometric distribution. | HYPGEOMDIST(sample_s,number_sample,population_s,number_pop) |
| LOGINV | Returns the inverse of the lognormal cumulative distribution function | LOGINV(probability,mean,standard_dev) |
| LOGNORMDIST | Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution | LOGNORMDIST(x,mean,standard_dev) |
| MODE | Returns the most frequently occurring, or repetitive, value. | MODE(number1,[number2],…]) |
| NEGBINOMDIST | Returns the negative binomial distribution. | NEGBINOMDIST(number_f,number_s,probability_s) |
| NORMDIST | Returns the normal distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation. | NORMDIST(x,mean,standard_dev,cumulative) |
| NORMINV | Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation. | NORMINV(probability,mean,standard_dev) |
| NORMSDIST | Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution function. | NORMSDIST(z) |
| NORMSINV | Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution. | NORMSINV(probability) |
| PERCENTILE | Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range. | PERCENTILE(array,k) |
| PERCENTRANK | Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set. | PERCENTRANK(array,x,[significance]) |
| POISSON | Returns the Poisson distribution. | POISSON(x,mean,cumulative) |
| QUARTILE | Returns the quartile of a data set. | QUARTILE(array,quart) |
| RANK | Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers. | RANK(number,ref,[order]) |
| STDEV | Calculates standard deviation based on a sample. | STDEV(number1,[number2],…]) |
| STDEVP | Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population. | STDEVP(number1,[number2],…]) |
| TINV | Returns the t-value of the Student’s t-distribution as a function of the probability and the degrees of freedom. | TINV(probability,degrees_freedom) |
| TDIST | Returns the Percentage Points (probability) for the Student t-distribution where a numeric value (x) is a calculated value of t for which the Percentage Points are to be computed. | TDIST(x,degrees_freedom,tails) |
| TTEST | Returns the probability associated with a Student’s t-Test. | TTEST(array1,array2,tails,type) |
| VAR | Calculates variance based on a sample. | VAR(number1,[number2],…]) |
| VARP | Calculates variance based on the entire population. | VARP(number1,[number2],…]) |
| WEIBULL | Returns the Weibull distribution. | WEIBULL(x,alpha,beta,cumulative) |
| ZTEST | Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test. | ZTEST(array,x,[sigma]) |