How can I nest ISTEXT and IF functions?

I am sure this is probably simple and obvious, but I'm no Execl expert! I am
trying to make a cell return the value of 1 if true, 0 if false if another
cell (in another workbook) contains text. I can't seem to get IF and ISTEXT
to nest and I really don't want to have to create an entire separate range of
cells to perform the functions separately. Thanks in advance for your
help/advice.

=--(ISTEXT([Book1]Sheet1!$A$6))

as an example will return 1 for TRUE and 0 for FALSE

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
www.nwexcelsolutions.com
"It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes;
if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey


"Hyatt2k2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am sure this is probably simple and obvious, but I'm no Execl expert! I
>am
> trying to make a cell return the value of 1 if true, 0 if false if another
> cell (in another workbook) contains text. I can't seem to get IF and
> ISTEXT
> to nest and I really don't want to have to create an entire separate range
> of
> cells to perform the functions separately. Thanks in advance for your
> help/advice.