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why excel shows result "YES" when =if(B2>1,"YES","NO") and B2 cell is "word"
I expected the result to be error because Cell B2 was not a number, thx
unexpected result using if function
why excel shows result "YES" when =if(B2>1,"YES","NO") and B2 cell is "word"
I expected the result to be error because Cell B2 was not a number, thx
Text values are considered to be "larger" than numeric values. This is because text comparisons are carried out by comparing the ASCII code of the characters ("A" has a code of 65, "B" is 66, and so on - lower case letters have codes which are 32 higher). The digits 0,1,2, etc. have codes which start at 48.
Hope this helps.
Pete
All text is treated as being greater than any number, hence you get "YES"
Try:
=IF(ISTEXT(B2),"NO",IF(B2>1,"YES","NO"))
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You could use:
=if(N(B2)>1,"YES","NO")
since N will return 0 for text.
Rory
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