Information Excel Functions

Get information about cells, values, and the environment

IS functions cheat sheet

  • Empty cell → [ISBLANK](/functions/isblank/)
  • Any error → [ISERROR](/functions/iserror/) or lookup #N/A only → [ISNA](/functions/isna/)
  • Text or number → [ISTEXT](/functions/istext/), [ISNUMBER](/functions/isnumber/)
  • Wrap formulas safely → [IFERROR](/functions/iferror/) and [IFNA](/functions/ifna/)

Related troubleshooting

  • Lookup failures → [#N/A error](/errors/na/)
  • Wrong type in formula → [#VALUE!](/errors/value-error/)
  • Fix formula errors hub → [Formula errors guide](/guides/fix-excel-formula-errors/)

Functions in this category

  • ISBLANK: Returns TRUE if the cell is empty.
  • ISNUMBER: Returns TRUE if the value is a number.
  • ISTEXT: Returns TRUE if the value is text.
  • ISERROR: Returns TRUE if the value is any error value.
  • ISNA: Returns TRUE if the value is the #N/A error.
  • CELL: Returns information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell.
  • TYPE: Returns a number indicating the data type of a value.
  • ISEVEN: Returns TRUE if the number is even.
  • ISODD: Returns TRUE if the number is odd.
  • ISLOGICAL: Returns TRUE if the value is a logical value (TRUE or FALSE).
  • ISNONTEXT: Returns TRUE if the value is not text (includes empty cells).
  • ISREF: Returns TRUE if the value is a reference.
  • ISFORMULA: Returns TRUE if the cell contains a formula.
  • FORMULATEXT: Returns the formula in a cell as text.
  • NA: Returns the error value #N/A (value not available).
  • SHEET: Returns the sheet number of the referenced sheet.
  • SHEETS: Returns the number of sheets in a reference.
  • ISOMITTED: Checks whether a value in a LAMBDA is missing and returns TRUE or FALSE.
  • ERROR.TYPE: Returns a number corresponding to an error type.
  • INFO: Returns information about the current operating environment.
  • N: Returns a value converted to a number.
  • ISERR: Returns TRUE if the value is any error except #N/A, otherwise returns FALSE.