Either that, or your previous suggestion of ISNUMBER or ISTEXT, will tell
you whether the cell CONTENT is number or text, but if the OP wants to know
whether the cell FORMAT is number or text, perhaps =CELL("format",A4)?

Remember that a cell may have text as a content, but be formatted as number,
or vice versa.
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David Biddulph


"????? (????) ?????" <micky-a*at*tapuz.co.il wrote in message
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OR, maybe: =CELL("type",A4)
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Micky




"CM4@FL" wrote:

What is the forumla that allows tells you if data is in text or number
format. I remember using it before but can't seem to remember it?