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, unlikeISERR
, 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`.