Checks whether a value is an error.
Sample Usage
ISERROR(A2)
ISERROR(A1/A2)
IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(B1, A1:A100, 1, FALSE)), "Result not found", VLOOKUP(B1, A1:A100, 1, FALSE))
Syntax
ISERROR(value)
-
value
- The value to be verified as an error type.ISERROR
returnsTRUE
ifvalue
is any error, including#DIV/0!
,#N/A
,#NAME?
,#NULL!
,#NUM!
,#VALUE!
, and#REF!
.
Notes
ISERROR
returnsTRUE
on any error, unlike ISERR, which returnsTRUE
on all errors except for#N/A
. Ensure that the correct call is used.- This function is most often used in conjunction with
IF
in conditional statements.
See Also
ISTEXT: Checks whether a value is text.
ISREF: Checks whether a value is a valid cell reference.
ISODD: Checks whether the provided value is odd.
ISNUMBER: Checks whether a value is a number.
ISNONTEXT: Checks whether a value is non-textual.
ISNA: Checks whether a value is the error #N/A
.
ISLOGICAL: Checks whether a value is TRUE
or FALSE
.
ISEVEN: Checks whether the provided value is even.
ISERR: Checks whether a value is an error other than #N/A
.
ISBLANK: Checks whether the referenced cell is empty.
IF: Returns one value if a logical expression is TRUE
and another if it is FALSE
.