Documentation/Calc Functions/ISTEXT

Function name:
ISTEXT

Category:
Information

Summary:
Determines if a specified cell or expression evaluates to text, returning TRUE if the argument is text.

Syntax:
ISTEXT(Value)

Returns:
Returns TRUE if the argument evaluates to text and returns FALSE otherwise.

Arguments:
Value is an expression, or a reference to a cell containing an expression, that is to be tested for text content.

Additional details:

 * If the argument is a reference to an empty cell, ISTEXT returns FALSE.


 * ISTEXT does not propagate errors. If Value evaluates to a string, then ISTEXT returns TRUE and returns FALSE otherwise.


 * The formula  is equivalent to.

Related LibreOffice functions:
ISLOGICAL

ISNONTEXT

ISNUMBER

ODF standard:
Section 6.13.25, part 2

Equivalent Excel functions:
ISTEXT