ISNONTEXT Function - Excel


Overview


The ISNONTEXT function in Excel is a useful tool for checking if a specified value is not a text (string) data type. This function returns a TRUE value if the specified value is not text and returns a FALSE value if it is text.

An example of the ISNONTEXT function in Excel

Example:

=ISNONTEXT(5)

Syntax:

=ISNONTEXT(value)

value: This is the value or reference to the cell or expression you want to check for being non-text.


TRUE Example


In this example, the ISNONTEXT function returns the TRUE value result because C2 equals 5 and that is not a text data type.

An example of the ISNONTEXT function in Excel with a TRUE value output

FALSE Example


In this example, the ISNONTEXT function returns the FALSE value result because C2 equals ”Apple” and that is a text data type.

An example of the ISNONTEXT function in Excel with a FALSE value output

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