{"id":255,"date":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/2021\/02\/12\/imsum\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T11:34:39","slug":"imsum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/","title":{"rendered":"IMSUM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IMSUM function in Excel and Google Sheets is designed to calculate the sum of complex numbers. Each complex number consists of a real part and an imaginary part. This function is extremely useful for conducting mathematical computations involving complex numbers.<\/p>\n

Syntax:<\/h2>\n

The syntax for the IMSUM function in Excel and Google Sheets is:<\/p>\n

=IMSUM(inumber1, [inumber2], ...)<\/code><\/pre>\n
    \n
  • inumber1<\/code> – The first complex number, or a range containing complex numbers, to be included in the sum.<\/li>\n
  • inumber2<\/code> (optional) – Subsequent complex numbers or ranges that you want to add.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Examples:<\/h2>\n
    Example 1: Adding Complex Numbers<\/h2>\n
    Consider the following two complex numbers in either Excel or Google Sheets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Cell A1<\/th>\nCell B1<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    3+2i<\/td>\n1+5i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
    To add these complex numbers together, use the IMSUM function as follows:<\/p>\n
    =IMSUM(A1, B1)<\/code><\/pre>\n
    This formula calculates the sum of the two complex numbers and outputs the result.<\/p>\n
    Example 2: Summing Multiple Complex Numbers<\/h2>\n
    To sum more than two complex numbers, simply include all relevant cells in the IMSUM function. For instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Cell A1<\/th>\nCell B1<\/th>\nCell C1<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    3+2i<\/td>\n1+5i<\/td>\n2+3i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
    Enter the following formula to calculate the sum of these three complex numbers:<\/p>\n
    =IMSUM(A1, B1, C1)<\/code><\/pre>\n
    This function will efficiently compute and return the total sum of all included complex numbers.<\/p>\n
    The IMSUM function in Excel and Google Sheets proves to be a robust tool for handling complex numbers and performing advanced mathematical operations on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Returns the sum of complex numbers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExcel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Function Translator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-15T13:34:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-13T11:34:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"glavadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"glavadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/\",\"name\":\"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-15T13:34:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-13T11:34:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/87663eece497ca58643166ecb09f1389\"},\"description\":\"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Function Excel\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Engineering\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/engineering\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"IMSUM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/\",\"name\":\"Function Translator\",\"description\":\"Excel function translator\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/87663eece497ca58643166ecb09f1389\",\"name\":\"glavadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ccd9347c5339db75deede5a8c5b2bf1d40e0bce26a5251fcaac6331d381db8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ccd9347c5339db75deede5a8c5b2bf1d40e0bce26a5251fcaac6331d381db8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"glavadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/author\/glavadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax","description":"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax","og_description":"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.","og_url":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/","og_site_name":"Function Translator","article_published_time":"2025-07-15T13:34:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-13T11:34:39+00:00","author":"glavadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"glavadmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/","url":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/","name":"Excel IMSUM Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-15T13:34:46+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-13T11:34:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/87663eece497ca58643166ecb09f1389"},"description":"Learn what the Excel IMSUM function does. Clear syntax explanation and useful formula examples.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/imsum\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Function Excel","item":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Engineering","item":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/engineering\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IMSUM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#website","url":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/","name":"Function Translator","description":"Excel function translator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/87663eece497ca58643166ecb09f1389","name":"glavadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/no\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ccd9347c5339db75deede5a8c5b2bf1d40e0bce26a5251fcaac6331d381db8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ccd9347c5339db75deede5a8c5b2bf1d40e0bce26a5251fcaac6331d381db8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"glavadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/functiontranslator.com"],"url":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/author\/glavadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}