IMLN, or the Interest Rate Method of Loan Net Present Value, is a calculation used in Excel to calculate the net present value of a loan. The calculation takes into account the interest rate of the loan, the length of the loan, and the amount of the loan. This calculation can be used to determine whether a loan is worth taking, as it will show the amount of money that would be gained or lost over the life of the loan.
IMLN is the syntax for the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) function in Excel. The syntax is:
IMLN(values)
values is the range of cells that contain the cash flow data for the investment.
The example below shows how to use the IMLN function in Excel to calculate the internal median of a list of numbers. The internal median is the middle value in a list of numbers, when the numbers are listed in ascending order.
IMLN should not be used in Excel when:
- you have a large data set: IMLN can slow down Excel when used with large data sets
- you need to calculate the median of a data set: IMLN does not calculate the median of a data set
- you need to calculate the standard deviation of a data set: IMLN does not calculate the standard deviation of a data set
There are many similar formulae to IMLN in Excel. Some of these include the SUMIF function, the COUNTIF function, and the AVERAGEIF function. These functions allow you to perform calculations on a range of cells, depending on specific criteria that you specify. For example, the SUMIF function can be used to sum up all the values in a range of cells that meet a certain criteria, such as being greater than a certain number. The COUNTIF function can be used to count the number of cells in a range that meet a certain criteria, and the AVERAGEIF function can be used to calculate the average of a range of cells that meet a certain criteria.