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This tutorial demonstrates how to check if a cell is a number or text in Excel and Google Sheets.

Check Cell for Number or Text

We can check if a cell is a number by using the ISNUMBER Function or check if a cell is text with the ISTEXT Function.

ISNUMBER Function

The ISNUMBER Function checks if a value is a number. It returns TRUE if the value is a number and FALSE if it’s not.

=ISNUMBER(B3)

Knowing if a cell value is a number helps avoid errors when working with formulas. Numbers are sometimes stored as text, i.e. B4 (5000) in the example above, and that can result in errors in formulas referencing that cell.

In this example, the date, phone number, and time values all returned TRUE. These are regarded as numeric values in Excel and Google Sheets.

ISTEXT Function

The ISTEXT Function checks if a cell is text. It returns TRUE if the value is a text string and FALSE if it’s not.

=ISTEXT(B3)

ISTEXT

In this example, although the value in B5 (2350) is a number, it’s written within quotes and therefore stored as a text string. That’s why it returns TRUE.

Check if Cell is a Number or Text in Google Sheets

These formulas (ISNUMBER and ISTEXT) work exactly the same in Google Sheets as in Excel.

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I have to find out if my cells text is a numeric value and wanted to use an elegant non VBA method that doesn’t impede on its current state or value.

What I’ve found is that the ISNUMBER() function only works if the cells are number formatting or has no spaces if text formatting e.g.:

For the first three I’ve used =ISNUMBER(...) and my last attempt is =ISNUMBER(TRIM(...)).

The only method I’ve used that doesn’t use VBA is to override my current values using text to columns then use the =ISNUMBER() function.

Note: I am proficient with VBA and Excel and understand I could create a user-defined function. But I don’t want to as this imposes a macro required workbook or an add-in to be installed, which I can and have done in some cases.

I will appreciate any advice, thoughts (even if they tell me it can’t be done) or VBA solutions (won’t be marked as answer however).

asked Apr 30, 2013 at 1:05

Try multiplying the cell value by 1, and then running the IsNumber and Trim functions, e.g.,:

=IsNumber(Trim(A1)*1)

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 1:10

Assuming the value you want to convert is in A1 you can use the following formula:

=ISNUMBER(VALUE(TRIM(CLEAN(A1)))

Here the functions clean and trim are removing whitespace and none printable characters. The function value converts a string to a number, and with the converted string we can check if the value is a number.

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 2:02

The shortest answer I’ve got to my question is:

=N(-A1)

Thanks brettdj

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 12:03

glhglh

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I know this post is old but I found this very useful in this case
I had a formula that returned (333), even though it is a number and ISNUMBER will say it is a number even though I did not want an answer if it had characters other than digits. The following worked for me.

=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(--(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)))),"Is Number","")

It works if there is ANY characters other than digits. If you just want a true false drop the IF

=AND(ISNUMBER(--(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1))))

As David Zemens stated

=IsNumber(Trim(A1)*1)

Works but if there is a «-» or the number is in parentheses it will say it is a number.

I hope this helps you or others.

answered Apr 8, 2016 at 18:14

MouthpearMouthpear

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if anyone needs to filter cells that contain anything that is not numeric:

=AND(SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)))=LEN(A1),A1<>"")

decimals and negatives result FALSE

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 7:58

I’m pretty late to the party, but, possibly the easiest, or shortest genuine test (note that the N function converts the number) is =ISNUMBER(--A1).

Using the examples you posted above…

As with a lot of Excel shortcuts, the ‘—‘ forces Excel to assume the value afterward is a number, then all spaces are ignored. It’s as if you had typed --123 directly into a box (— obviously gives a positive number).

The third example also shows that other textual values in the string don’t simply cause an error output for ISNUMBER.

Number	ISNUMBER()	Format	Comments
`123456`	TRUE	Numeric	Plain number
`123456`	TRUE	Text	Number as text
`123456A`	FALSE	Text	Number with ‘A’ tagged on the end
`123456`	TRUE	Text	Number prefixed with four spaces

answered Mar 11, 2022 at 16:48

PaulPaul

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Check If Character Is A Letter Or A Number — Excel

Hey all,

I have a cell range that is passed as a String to a function, and within that function I need to extract only the Column letter. If it was just 1 letter it would be simple, but it may be 2, so does anybody know of a way of testing to see if the second character is a letter or a number?

Thanks.

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2- Formula to check for valid dates:
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Let’s create a function to convert the text to the new format, with a Sub to run the loop. Then, let’s strip Diacritics from letters, and use a Switch Statement to check if a character is Number, Letter, or Other: (Note that, if the character is neither Number nor Letter, we don’t need to run an additional check to see if it is «anything else» — because, those are all that are left!)

Sub MyMacro()
    Dim rTMP As Range
    For Each rTMP In Range(Cells(1,1), Cells(Rows.Count,1).End(xlUp)).Cells
        rTMP.Offset(0,1).Value = TextToMask(rTmp.Value)
    Next rTMP
End Sub

Function TextToMask(Value As String) As String
    Const NumberValue AS String = "N"
    Const LetterValue AS String = "L"
    Const SymbolValue AS String = ""
    Dim i AS Long, CleanValue As String
    CleanValue = StripDiacritics(Value)

    If Len(Value)<1 Then Exit Function

    For i = 1 To Len(Value)
        Select Case Mid(CleanValue, i, 1)
            Case "0" To "9"
                TextToMask = TextToMask & Left(NumberValue & Mid(Value, i), 1)
            Case "A" To "Z", "a" To "z"
                TextToMask = TextToMask & Left(LetterValue & Mid(Value, i), 1)
            Case Else
                TextToMask = TextToMask & Left(SymbolValue & Mid(Value, i), 1)
        End Select
    Next i
End Function

Function StripDiacritics(Value As String) As Value
    'This will convert letters like "á" to "a", etc
    If Len(Value) < 1 Then Exit Function
    Dim i AS Long, Letters As Variant, Comparison As Variant
    Letters = Array("a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m", _
                    "n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z")
    
    For i = 1 To Len(Value)
        Comparison = Application.Match(Mid(Value, i, 1), Letters)
        
        If IsError(Comparison) Then
            StripDiacritics = StripDiacritics & Mid(Value, i, 1)
        Else
            StripDiacritics = StripDiacritics & Chr(Comparison - 1 + 
                IIF(Mid(Value, i, 1)=UCase(Mid(Value, i, 1)), Asc("A"), Asc("a")))
        End If
    Next i
End Function

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Excel has a bunch of formulas and data analysts use this application to prepare various reports and dashboards. To support that analysis this article will help an excel user to identify all the cells whose values either starts with a number or an alphabet from a collection of dataset. We will identify these cells using the combination of following formulas.

IF function
ISERR function
Left function

Check if first character in a cell is a number or a letter

The following formulas can be used to check if the first character of a cell is number or a letter.

=IF(ISERR(LEFT(cell_location,1)*1),»Letter”, “Number»)

In this formula, we are calculating the value of a cell’s left most character multiplied by 1. If the obtained value is not a number then it will return Letter else Number.
=IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(LEFT(cell_location, 1))),»Number», «Letter»)

In this formula, we are calculating the value of left most character of a cell. If the returned value is a number, then it will return TRUE (by default) or as per the defined value (Number in our case).

Step 1 − A sample worksheet has been shown below with some sample data.

Step 2 − Under the column C, the following formula has been used to get the desired result. Enter the formula in a cell and press enter.

=IF(ISERR(LEFT(B2,1)*1),»Letter”, “Number»)

Step 3 − Now drag the cell to copy the formula in other cells also to view the output against all cells. Enter the formula in a cell and press enter.

Step 4 − Under the Column D, the following formula has been used to get the desired result.

=IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(LEFT(B2, 1))),»Number», «Letter»)

Step 5 − Now drag the cell to copy the formula in other cells also to view the output against all cells

Formula Syntax Description

Argument	Description
IF(logical_test, {value_if_true},{value_if_false}	Logical_test specifies the condition basis which the data needs to be rendered. Value_if_true specifies the value that shall be returned if the condition satisfies. Value_if_false specifies the value that shall be returned if the condition does not satisfy.
LEFT(text, [num_chars])	Text specifies the cell address whose value to be returned or scanned from left. num_chars specifies the number of characters from left that need to be returned/scanned.
ISERR(value)	The ISERR function returns TRUE for any error type except the #N/A error. For example, #REF!, #DIV?0!, #VALUE!, #NAME? etc. ISERR function can be used with the IF function to test for an error, display a custom message, or for a different calculation if found. (value) points to the value of the selected cell where the error to be identified.

Conclusion

The start or end character of a cell value can be identified using many other combinations of excel functions. However, these the most used functions for the same. The same functions can be used to identify the cell ending with a number or letter by replacing LEFT from RIGHT.

=IF(ISERR(RIGHT(cell_location,1)*1),»Letter”, “Number»)
=IF (ISNUMBER(VALUE(RIGHT(cell_location, 1))),»Number», «Letter»)

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