{"id":10008,"date":"2019-08-19T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T08:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=10008"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:41:09","slug":"istext-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/istext-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"ISTEXT Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Checks if the cell value is text or not<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=ISTEXT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">value<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=ISTEXT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">value to be checked if it is a text or not<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Have a bunch of values and you need to check which ones are text? The\u00a0<strong>ISTEXT Formula<\/strong> in Excel is perfect for this!<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of interesting points to take note of the\u00a0<strong>ISTEXT Formula<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates are also treated as numerical values, so the\u00a0<strong>ISTEXT Formula\u00a0<\/strong>will return <strong>FALSE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If a number is stored as text, then the\u00a0<strong>ISTEXT Formula<\/strong>\u00a0will return <strong>TRUE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5LthNQ2fYQ?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">ISTEXT-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>ISTEXT\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=ISTEXT(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\" width=\"608\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-01.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-01-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>ISTEXT\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/istext-formula-in-excel\/#value\" title=\"value\">value<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"value\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>value<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the value to be checked?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing the value you want to be checked if it is a text:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=ISTEXT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\" width=\"602\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-02.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-02-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\" width=\"600\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-03.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-03-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can now see which ones are text!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"ISTEXT Formula in Excel\" width=\"598\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-04-1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ISTEXT-FORMULA-04-1-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the ISTEXT Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a 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title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Checks if the cell value is text or not Formula breakdown: =ISTEXT(value) What it means: =ISTEXT(value to be checked if it is a text or not) Have a bunch of values and you need to check which ones are text? The\u00a0ISTEXT Formula in Excel is perfect for this! 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