TYPE Function in Excel: What Kind of Value Is This?

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

InformationLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

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

TYPE returns 1 number, 2 text, 4 logical, 16 error or 64 array.

Syntax

=TYPE(value)
Argument What it means
value Anything.

Examples

Example 1

=TYPE(B2)

Tells a text “100” (2) from a real 100 (1).

ISTEXT · ERROR.TYPE

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