{"id":1209,"date":"2018-07-02T17:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:03:26","slug":"isnumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/functions\/isnumber\/","title":{"rendered":"ISNUMBER function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Excel ISNUMBER Function is a simple yet powerful tool that allows you to check whether a cell contains a number or not. It returns a value of TRUE if the cell contains a number and FALSE if it doesn’t, making it a handy function for data validation and analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISNUMBER(value)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use the ISNUMBER function in Excel to determine whether a cell contains a number. Here’s how you can use it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example 1:<\/b> Checking if cell A1 contains a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This formula will return TRUE if cell A1 contains a number, and FALSE if it contains any other type of data, like text or empty cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example 2 (Optional):<\/b> Using ISNUMBER with IF function to perform an action based on whether a cell contains a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This formula combines ISNUMBER with the IF function to display a custom message depending on whether cell A1 contains a number or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example 3 (Optional):<\/b> Checking if a cell in another sheet (Sheet2!A1) contains a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This example demonstrates that you can use ISNUMBER to check cells in different sheets within your Excel workbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ISNUMBER function is quite straightforward and can be very useful for data analysis, especially when you need to distinguish between numeric and non-numeric values in your spreadsheet. It can help you ensure data quality and make more informed decisions when working with numbers in Excel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Excel ISNUMBER Function is a simple yet powerful tool that allows you to check whether a cell contains a number or not. It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[180],"yoast_head":"\nArguments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
value:<\/b><\/td> The value you want to check if it’s a number or not.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n How to use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
=ISNUMBER(A1)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
=IF(ISNUMBER(A1), \"Cell A1 contains a number\", \"Cell A1 does not contain a number\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
=ISNUMBER(Sheet2!A1)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Additional Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n