Formulas and Functions

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The engineering functions help you calculate some common
engineering values and convert between dierent numeric
bases.
Listing of Engineering Functions
iWork provides these engineering functions for use with tables.
Function Description
“BASETONUM” (page 73) The BASETONUM function converts a number of
the specied base into a number in base 10.
“BESSELJ” (page 74) The BESSELJ function returns the integer Bessel
function J
n
(x).
“BESSELY” (page 75) The BESSELY function returns the integer Bessel
function Y
n
(x).
“BIN2DEC” (page 76) The BIN2DEC function converts a binary number
to the corresponding decimal number.
“BIN2HEX” (page 77) The BIN2HEX function converts a binary number
to the corresponding hexadecimal number.
“BIN2OCT” (page 78) The BIN2OCT function converts a binary number
to the corresponding octal number.
“CONVERT” (page 79) The CONVERT function converts a number from
one measurement system to its corresponding
value in another measurement system.
“DEC2BIN” (page 83) The DEC2BIN function converts a decimal
number to the corresponding binary number.
“DEC2HEX” (page 84) The DEC2HEX function converts a decimal
number to the corresponding hexadecimal
number.
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Engineering Functions