Comments on: Finding Stray Text

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:39:00 +0000

No, ISNUMBER is the right function. I usually end up with NOT ISTEXT because I type ISNUMERIC (which isn’t a worksheet function) and get frustrated when it complains.

By: fzz

fzz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:02:00 +0000

Why the custom validation formula =NOT(ISTEXT(..)) rather than either =ISNUMBER(..) or =COUNT(..)? To allow entry of booleans and error values in addition to numbers?

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By: Brad Yundt

Brad Yundt — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0000

You could simplify the code using COUNTIF and wildcards:

COUNTIF(A1:C6,"*") Ignores numbers and error values; counts empty strings and cells containing text
COUNTIF(A1:C6,"?*") Ignores numbers and error values; counts cells containing text, but not cells containing empty strings

Brad

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:07:00 +0000

could this be done with a 'Go To > Special'. Just select the range you're interested in, goto-special and then select 'constants' and then 'text'. If it says 'no cells were found' then hey presto...

Rob