How to Use the ISTEXT Function in Excel (Check If a Cell Contains Text)

How to Use the ISTEXT Function in Excel (Check If a Cell Contains Text)

The ISTEXT function is a logical function that returns TRUE if the cell contains text and FALSE otherwise.

📘 Syntax:

=ISTEXT(value)

✅ Parameters:

• value – The cell or expression to evaluate

📌 Example:

=ISTEXT(A2)

If A2 contains Hello → TRUE
If A2 contains 100 → FALSE

📊 Common Use Cases:

• Validating that user input is text
• Filtering text-only values in a dataset
• Combining with IF() to customize actions

💡 Tip:

Use with conditional formatting to highlight all text entries in a column!

=IF(ISTEXT(B1), "Text Found", "Not Text")

Mastering ISTEXT helps in clean data handling and logic design in Excel.

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