The Excel Imsech function returns the hyperbolic secant of a supplied complex number.
Note: the Imsech function was only introduced in Excel 2013, so is not available in earlier versions of Excel.
The syntax of the function is:
Note that complex numbers are simply stored as text in Excel. When a text string in the format "a+bi" or "a+bj" is supplied to one of Excel's built-in complex number functions, this is interpreted as a complex number.
Column B of the following spreadsheet shows 4 different examples of the Imsech function. Each example uses a different method to supply the complex number to the function.
Note that, in the above example spreadsheet:
Further details and examples of the Excel Imsech function are provided on the Microsoft Office website
If you get an error from the Excel Imsech Function, this is likely to be one of the following:
|Occurs if the supplied inumber argument is not recognised as a complex number.
|Occurs if the supplied inumber argument is a logical value.