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In excel, I am trying to use the IF formula to put out a value, depending on
whether the cell has text or a numerical value. How can I identify the
contents of a cell as text or numeric using a formula?
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Try =Istext(Cell) and =Isnumber(cell) respectively.

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In excel, I am trying to use the IF formula to put out a value, depending on
whether the cell has text or a numerical value. How can I identify the
contents of a cell as text or numeric using a formula?

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=IF(ISTEXT(A1),<Result,<Result)

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In excel, I am trying to use the IF formula to put out a value, depending on
whether the cell has text or a numerical value. How can I identify the
contents of a cell as text or numeric using a formula?

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