Excel 2007 - does a cell have a number in it? (for formula)

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by - delegate Martin [4 posts] (2008 Mar 12 Wed, 15:29) Reply

Is there a way of asking if a cell has a number in it as part of a formula? For example, column C has either a number or text in it; if there is a number in the cell I want to add it to my formula, if not I want to ignore it. i.e. =IF(C5 is a number, sum(B5+C5), sum(B5))

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RE: ISNUMBER is the solution to find if a cell has number or not

by - trainer Rajeev gold contributer [480 posts] (2008 Mar 20 Thu, 09:22) Reply

Dear martin

Thank you for attending Excel Course. I hope you enjoyed teh training.

The way you can do this calsulation is by mixing ID, AND and ISNUMBER.

Please refer to the excel file that I have uploaded with this post. I hacve saved it in Formula view so that you can easily see what function I have put in Cells D2: D5.

e.g. In Cell D2 teh function is

=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(B2), ISNUMBER(C2)),B2+C2, B2)

If you want to see the normal number view then please use the short cut key CTRL + ` ( this is situated below the ESC key on the keyboard).

I hope you find this useful.

If this has helped in resolving your query then I would request you to please mark the post as RESOLVED.

Kindest Regards

Rajeev Rawat
MOS Master Instructor 2000/2003

Attached files...

ISNUMBER Calculation.xls

RE: ISNUMBER is the solution to find if a cell has number or not

by - delegate Martin [4 posts] (2008 Mar 20 Thu, 09:30) Reply

Hi Rajeev,

That is exactly what I was looking for - thanks for the quick response.

Regards,

Martin

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