Access Functions (by category)

Applies To
Access for Microsoft 365 Access 2024 Access 2021 Access 2019 Access 2016

This article contains links to articles that provide details about common functions used in expressions in Access. They are arranged first by group and then are arranged alphabetically at the end of this article.

ActiveX

CreateObject Function
        GetObject Function

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Application

Command Function
        Shell Function

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Arrays

Array Function
        Filter Function
        Join Function
        LBound Function
        Split Function
        UBound Function

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Conversion

Asc Function
        Chr Function
        EuroConvert Function
        FormatCurrency Function
        FormatDateTime Function
        FormatNumber Function
        FormatPercent Function
        GUIDFromString Function
        Hex Function
        Nz Function
        Oct Function
        Str Function
        StringFromGUID Function
        Type Conversion Functions
        Val Function

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Database

DDE Function
        DDEInitiate Function
        DDERequest Function
        DDESend Function
        Eval Function
        Partition Function

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Date/Time

Date Function
        DateAdd Function
        DateDiff Function
        DatePart Function
        DateSerial Function
        DateValue Function
        Day Function
        Hour Function
        Minute Function
        Month Function
        MonthName Function
        Now Function
        Second Function
        Time Function
        Timer Function
        TimeSerial Function
        TimeValue Function
        Weekday Function
        WeekdayName Function
        Year Function

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Domain Aggregate

DAvg Function
        DCount Function
        DFirst, DLast Functions
        DLookup Function
        DMin, DMax Functions
        DStDev, DStDevP Functions
        DSum Function
        DVar, DVarP Functions

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Error Handling

CVErr Function
        Error Function

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File Input/Output

EOF Function
        FreeFile Function
        Input Function
        Loc Function
        LOF Function
        Seek Function

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File Management

CurDir Function
        Dir Function
        FileAttr Function
        FileDateTime Function
        FileLen Function
        GetAttr Function

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Financial

DDB Function
        FV Function
        IPmt Function
        IRR Function
        MIRR Function
        NPer Function
        NPV Function
        Pmt Function
        PPmt Function
        PV Function
        Rate Function
        SLN Function
        SYD Function

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Inspection

Environ Function
        GetAllSettings Function
        GetSetting Function
        IsArray Function
        IsDate Function
        IsEmpty Function
        IsError Function
        IsMissing Function
        IsNull Function
        IsNumeric Function
        IsObject Function
        TypeName Function
        VarType Function

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Math

Abs Function
        Atn Function
        Cos Function
        Exp Function
        Int, Fix Functions
        Log Function
        Rnd Function
        Round Function
        Sgn Function
        Sin Function
        Sqr Function
        Tan Function

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Messages

InputBox Function
        MsgBox Function

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Miscellaneous

CallByName Function
        IMEStatus Function
        MacID Function
        MacScript Function
        QBColor Function
        RGB Function
        Spc Function
        Tab Function

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Program Flow

Choose Function
        DoEvents Function
        IIf Function
        Switch Function

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SQL Aggregate

Avg Function
        Count Function
        First, Last Functions
        Min, Max Functions
        StDev, StDevP Functions
        Sum Function
        Var, VarP Functions

Text

Format Function
        InStr Function
        InStrRev Function
        LCase Function
        Left Function
        Len Function
        LTrim, RTrim, and Trim Functions
        Mid Function
        Replace Function
        Right Function
        Space Function
        StrComp Function
        StrConv Function
        String Function
        StrReverse Function
        UCase Function

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Functions (alphabetical)

Abs Function

Array Function

Asc Function

Atn Function

Avg Function

CallByName Function

Choose Function

Chr Function

Command Function

Cos Function

Count Function

CreateObject Function

CurDir Function

CVErr Function

Date Function

DateAdd Function

DateDiff Function

DatePart Function

DateSerial Function

DateValue Function

DAvg Function

Day Function

DCount Function

DDB Function

DDE Function

DDEInitiate Function

DDERequest Function

DDESend Function

DFirst, DLast Functions

Dir Function

DLookup Function

DMin, DMax Functions

DoEvents Function

DStDev, DStDevP Functions

DSum Function

DVar, DVarP Functions

Environ Function

EOF Function

Error Function

EuroConvert Function

Eval Function

Exp Function

FileAttr Function

FileDateTime Function

FileLen Function

Filter Function

First, Last Functions

Format Function

FormatCurrency Function

FormatDateTime Function

FormatNumber Function

FormatPercent Function

FreeFile Function

FV Function

GetAllSettings Function

GetAttr Function

GetObject Function

GetSetting Function

GUIDFromString Function

Hex Function

Hour Function

IIf Function

IMEStatus Function

Input Function

InputBox Function

InStr Function

InStrRev Function

Int, Fix Functions

IPmt Function

IRR Function

IsArray Function

IsDate Function

IsEmpty Function

IsError Function

IsMissing Function

IsNull Function

IsNumeric Function

IsObject Function

Join Function

LBound Function

LCase Function

Left Function

Len Function

Loc Function

LOF Function

Log Function

LTrim, RTrim, and Trim Functions

MacID Function

MacScript Function

Mid Function

Min, Max Functions

Minute Function

MIRR Function

Month Function

MonthName Function

MsgBox Function

Now Function

NPer Function

NPV Function

Nz Function

Oct Function

Partition Function

Pmt Function

PPmt Function

PV Function

QBColor Function

Rate Function

Replace Function

RGB Function

Right Function

Rnd Function

Round Function

Second Function

Seek Function

Sgn Function

Shell Function

Sin Function

SLN Function

Space Function

Spc Function

Split Function

Sqr Function

StDev, StDevP Functions

Str Function

StrComp Function

StrConv Function

String Function

StringFromGUID Function

StrReverse Function

Sum Function

Switch Function

SYD Function

Tab Function

Tan Function

Time Function

Timer Function

TimeSerial Function

TimeValue Function

Type Conversion Functions

TypeName Function

UBound Function

UCase Function

Val Function

Var, VarP Functions

VarType Function

Weekday Function

WeekdayName Function

Year Function

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