Excel DEC2OCT Function

What is DEC2OCT function in Excel?

The DEC2OCT function is one of the Engineering functions of Excel.

It Converts a decimal number to an octal.

We can find this function in Engineering of insert function Tab.

How to use DEC2OCT function in excel

1. Click on an empty cell (like F5).

2. Click on the fx icon (or press shift+F3).

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions.

4. Select ENGINEERING category.

5. Select DEC2OCT function

6. Then select ok.

7. In the function arguments Tab you will see DEC2OCT function.

8. Number section is the decimal integer you want to convert.

9. Places section is the number of characters to use.

10. You will see the results in the formula result section.

Examples of DEC2OCT function in Excel

Example 1:

How to use DEC2OCT function in excel

You can see examples of DEC2OCT function below:

dec2oct(A2,B2) ----->>>>answer is  0000

dec2oct(A3,B3) ----->>>>answer is  0002

dec2oct(A4,B4) ----->>>>answer is  0004

dec2oct(A5,B5) ----->>>>answer is  0010

dec2oct(A6,B6) ----->>>>answer is  0020

dec2oct(A7,B7) ----->>>>answer is  0040

Purpose of DEC2OCT function

It Converts a decimal number to an octal.

Return value of DEC2OCT function

It returns a number.

Arguments of DEC2OCT function

This function has just 2 Argument.

The argument of DEC2OCT function is number.

Number section is the decimal integer you want to convert.

Places section is the number of characters to use.

The argument of DEC2OCT function is required and not optional.

DEC2OCT(number) = number

Version of excel supports DEC2OCT function

This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)

Errors in DEC2OCT function

DEC2OCT related functions 

• Use DEC2HEX function to convert a decimal number to hexadecimal.
• Use BIN2DEC function to convert a binary number to a decimal.
• Use OCT2DEC function to convert an octal number to decimal.
• Use DECIMAL function to Convert a text representation of a number in a given base into a decimal number.