The PMT function is an Excel Financial function that returns the periodic payment for an annuity. The formula for the PMT function is PMT(rate,nper,pv, [fv], [type]). The NPV function returns the net ...

Excel doesn’t have a direct equivalent. To achieve the same result, you’d either have to piece together complex formulas with functions like SEARCH or write custom VBA scripts. While those approaches ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

Abstract: In the mid 1960s, Rothaus proposed the so-called “most general form” of constructing new bent functions by using three (initial) bent functions whose sum is again bent. In this paper, we ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

Abstract: Nonconvexity is a usually overlooked factor in economic dispatch (ED). Enhancing the nonconvexity of the objective function leads traditional convex optimization algorithms easily to fall ...

The functions are located under the 'Formulas' tab under the 'Barcode Function Library' group (see images). All check digits are auto-calculated.