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Default HOW-TO: Determine if a cell contains a number vs. formula vs. reference

Hi All:

I'm trying to create a scoring sheet to analyze the type of data used in
another sheet.

E.g., if a cell is blank (i.e., no data entered), I want to give it "0",
if the cell contains an explicit number that was entered, I'll give it a
"1", and if there is a reference, presumably to some total on yet
another, supplemental sheet, the I'll give it a "2".

I've played around w/ the "IS" functions, but ISREF seems not to do what
I would expect ... i.e., if a cell has 123 in it, both ISNUMBER and
ISREF give me TRUE ....

Is there someway to distinguish, as per this last example, between an
explicit number a formula/reference (i.e., something starting with an
equal sign)?

Any help +/or ideas would be much obliged,

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