?How can I use ISFORMULA in Google Sheets?

Checks whether a formula is in the referenced cell.

Sample Usage

ISFORMULA(A2)

Syntax

ISFORMULA(cell)

• cell – The cell to check for a formula.

  • ISFORMULA returns TRUE if cell is a cell that contains a formula. If cell contains a range of cells then TRUE will be returned if the first cell in the range contains a formula. All other values will return FALSE.

Notes

• cell can refer to a cell, a name associated with a cell, or a range (multiple cells).
• This function is most often used in conjunction with IF in conditional statements.

See Also

ISERROR: Checks whether a value is an error.

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`.

Examples

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