Try this:

=IF(ISERROR(D3),"bark","bite")

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Jim J." wrote:

Is there some way to get #VALUE! recognized as one of the conditions of an IF
function argument? For example, if D3 shows #VALUE! (as the result of a
"value error"), then one could ask, =IF(D3=#VALUE!,"bark","bite") or possibly
=IF(D3="#VALUE!","bark","bite"), and the result would be "bark" (since D3
really does equal "#VALUE!").