Checks whether a formula is in the referenced cell.

Sample Usage

ISFORMULA(A2)

Syntax

ISFORMULA(cell)

  • cell - The cell to check for a formula.

    • ISFORMULA returns TRUE if cell is a cell that contains a formula. If cell contains a range of cells then TRUE will be returned if the first cell in the range contains a formula. All other values will return FALSE.

Notes

  • cell can refer to a cell, a name associated with a cell, or a range (multiple cells).
  • This function is most often used in conjunction with IF in conditional statements.

See Also

ISERROR: Checks whether a value is an error.

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.

Examples