How do I check if a cell reference is valid in Google Sheets?

Checks whether a value is a valid cell reference.

Sample Usage

ISREF(A2)

Syntax

ISREF(value)

• value – The value to be verified as a cell reference.

  *ISREF returns TRUE if this is a valid cell reference, and FALSE otherwise.

  • Providing a string containing a valid cell reference (e.g. “A2”) for value returns FALSE as the input is a string, not a reference.

Notes

• This function is most often used in conjunction with IF in conditional statements.

See Also

ISTEXT: Checks whether a value is text.

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.

ISERROR: Checks whether a value is an error.

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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