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Default Checks whether a value is text or number

Thank you, ISNUMBER is the right function I want. It actually works but at
long as I change the value from text to number or vice versa, the function
output doesn't update. Why is that?

"john" wrote:

Try =NOT(ISNUMBER(A1))
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"robertc" wrote:

I want to make a function which returns a value if an entry is text and
another value if the entry is a number.

For example:

If A1=text, "True", If A1=number, "False

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