ISTEXT Function in Excel: Is It Text?

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

InformationLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Related functions

ISTEXT returns TRUE for text — the quickest way to find numbers or dates that were imported as text.

Syntax

=ISTEXT(value)
Argument What it means
value A cell.

Examples

Example 1

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISTEXT(E2:E500))

How many “amounts” are actually text.

ISNUMBER · VALUE

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