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 B C D E F G H I

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ISTEXT
Cell To Test Hello 1 25-Dec-98 Result TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE =ISTEXT(D4) =ISTEXT(D5) =ISTEXT(D6) =ISTEXT(D7)

What Does It Do ? This functions tests an entry to determine whether it is text. If the entry is text is shows TRUE. If the entry is any other type it shows FALSE. Syntax =ISTEXT(CellToTest) 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 =ISTEXT() 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 : 3 The Salary is : 8,000 =IF(ISTEXT(E33),VLOOKUP(E33,D27:E31,2,FALSE),VLOOKUP(E33,C27:E31,3,FALSE))