Apple iWork '09 - Manual (Page 72)

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The engineering functions help you calculate some common
engineering values and convert between different 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 specified 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