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BITAND function More articles BITLSHIFT function BITOR function BITRSHIFT function BITXOR function COMPLEX function CONVERT function DEC2BIN function DEC2HEX function DEC2OCT function DELTA function ERF function ERF.PRECISE function ERFС function ERFC.PRECISE function GESTEP function HEX2BIN function HEX2DEC function HEX2OCT function IMABS function IMAGINARY function IMARGUMENT function IMCONJUGATE function IMCOS function IMCOSH function IMCOT function IMCSC function IMCSCH function IMDIV function IMEXP function IMLN function IMLOG10 function IMLOG2 function IMPOWER function IMPRODUCT function IMREAL function IMSEC function IMSECH function IMSIN function IMSINH function IMSQRT function IMSUB function IMSUM function IMTAN function OCT2BIN function OCT2DEC function OCT2HEX function The IMSUB function is one of the engineering functions. It is used to return the difference of two complex numbers expressed in x + yi or x + yj form. The IMSUB function syntax is: IMSUB(complex-number-1, complex-number-2) where complex-number-1 is a complex number from which complex-number-2 is to be subtracted. complex-number-2 is a complex number to subtract from complex-number-1. The values can be entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to. To apply the IMSUB function, select the cell where you wish to display the result, click the Insert function icon situated at the top toolbar, or right-click within a selected cell and select the Insert Function option from the menu, or click the icon situated at the formula bar, select the Engineering function group from the list, click the IMSUB function, enter the required arguments separating them by comma, press the Enter button. The result will be displayed in the selected cell. 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