Excel Function Dictionary 1998 - 2000 Peter Noneley A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 B C D E F G H I

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Cell Entry 1 1-Jan-98 #DIV/0! Hello Result TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE =ISNUMBER(D4) =ISNUMBER(D5) =ISNUMBER(D6) =ISNUMBER(D7) =ISNUMBER(D8)

What Does It Do ? This function examines a cell or calculation to determine whether it is a numeric value. If the cell or calculation is a numeric value the result TRUE is shown. If the cell or calculation is not numeric, or is blank, the result FALSE is shown. Syntax =ISNUMBER(CellToTest) The cell to test can be a cell reference or a calculation. Formatting No special formatting is needed. Example The following table was used by a personnel department to lookup the salary of an employee. The employee can be entered as a Name or as a Numeric value. The =ISNUMBER() function has been used to identify the type of entry made, and then the =IF() decides which VLOOKUP to perform. ID No. 1 2 3 4 5 Name Alan Eric Carol Bob David Salary 10,000 12,000 8,000 15,000 12,000

Type Employee Name or ID : eric The Salary is : 12,000 =IF(ISNUMBER(E35),VLOOKUP(E35,C29:E33,3,FALSE),VLOOKUP(E35,D29:E33,2,FALSE))