How do I check whether a certain cell has a number in it in code?

For example, i know Count(A1) gives 1 if cell A1 contains a valid
number instead of text. How do I do that in code?

I did the following but could not work:

If Count(Cell(1,1))0 Then
...
End If


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If Cell(1,1).value = 5 then...
et

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no.. wat i mean is how to check that a number is entered in cell A1
instead of text.


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if ISNUMERIC(cell(x,y).value) then


Patrick Molloy
Microsoft Excel MVP

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How do I check whether a certain cell has a number in it
in code?

For example, i know Count(A1) gives 1 if cell A1
contains a valid
number instead of text. How do I do that in code?

I did the following but could not work:

If Count(Cell(1,1))0 Then
...
End If


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Hi bdcrisp!

Something like:

If IsNumeric(Range("b1")) Then Range("c1") = "You have a number"



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Sydney, Australia

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"courtesio99" wrote in
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no.. wat i mean is how to check that a number is entered in cell A1
instead of text.


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if vartype(cells(1,1).value) = vbString then msgbox "It's a string"

otherwise its a number


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Hi courtesio99,

IsNumeric function may can be used.
Note:Assume 3 has been inputted in A1 Cell. Nevertheless the A1 cel
has been formatted as string, IsNumeric function returns TRUE.


Code
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If IsNumeric([A1]) Then MsgBox "It's a number"

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If you may have a containing a text value that looks like a number (like
'54--leading apostrophe), you can use the worksheet function:

if application.isnumber(range("a1").value) then

This'll also dump empty cells.

if isnumeric(range("a1").value) then

will show (empty) as numeric.



courtesio99 wrote:

How do I check whether a certain cell has a number in it in code?

For example, i know Count(A1) gives 1 if cell A1 contains a valid
number instead of text. How do I do that in code?

I did the following but could not work:

If Count(Cell(1,1))0 Then
..
End If

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Dave Peterson