Hi W. Wolfe,
To distinguish between letters and numbers in an
IF statement, you can use the
ISNUMBER function and the
ISTEXT function.
Here's an example of how you can use these functions in an
IF statement:
- =IF(ISNUMBER(A1), "Do something if it's a number", IF(ISTEXT(A1), "Do something if it's a letter", "Do something else if it's neither a number nor a letter"))
In this example,
A1 is the cell you want to check. The first part of the
IF statement checks if
A1 contains a number using the
ISNUMBER function. If it does, the statement returns "Do something if it's a number". If it doesn't, the second part of the
IF statement checks if
A1 contains a letter using the
ISTEXT function. If it does, the statement returns "Do something if it's a letter". If
A1 contains neither a number nor a letter, the statement returns "Do something else if it's neither a number nor a letter".