EFFECT function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

EFFECT

Returns the annual effective interest rate given a nominal interest rate and the number of compounding periods per year.

 

Syntax

 

EFFECT(nom_rate; num)
nom_rate: Nominal interest rate. Eg., 4%
num: Number of compounding periods per year. Eg., 6

 

Examples  

 

Formula

Result

=EFFECT(A2;B2)

0.040672622

=EFFECT(A3;B3)

0.168259805

=EFFECT(A4;B4)

0.072246668


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

#NUM!

  • The value of nom_rate is less than or equal to 0.

  • The value of num is less than 1.


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