Excel Tutorial – ISNUMBER

The ISNUMBER function in Microsoft Excel is a useful tool for determining if a cell contains a numeric value. This can be helpful for tasks such as data validation or error checking.

Here’s how to use the ISNUMBER function:

1. Open a blank Excel spreadsheet.
2. In the cell where you want to display the result of the ISNUMBER function, type the following formula: =ISNUMBER(value)
3. Replace “value” with the cell reference or value that you want to check for being a number. For example, if you want to check the value in cell A1, you would enter A1 in place of “value”.
4. Press Enter to calculate the result. The result will be TRUE if the value is a number, and FALSE if it is not.

The ISNUMBER function can detect any type of numeric value, including integers, decimals, and dates that have been formatted as numbers. For example, the ISNUMBER function would return TRUE for the following values:

• 123
• 3.14
• 4/1/2022 (formatted as a date)

On the other hand, the ISNUMBER function would return FALSE for the following values:

• Hello
• TRUE
• #N/A

For example, let’s say you have a list of values in column A and you want to check if any of the cells contain numbers. Here’s how the formula would look for the first cell in the list:

=ISNUMBER(A1)

This formula would check the value in cell A1 and return TRUE if the cell contains a number, or FALSE if it does not.