Use IsNumber function to find if a value from cell is a NUMBER or integer

The Excel ISNUMBER function returns TRUE when a cell contains a number, and FALSE if not. You can use ISNUMBER to check that a cell contains a numeric value, or that the result of another function is a number.

Purpose:  Tests if the provided value is a numeric value.
Return value:  A logical value (TRUE or FALSE)  
Syntax:  =ISNUMBER (value)

Examples:

The ISNUMBER function returns TRUE if value is numeric:
=ISNUMBER("apple") // returns FALSE
=ISNUMBER(100) // returns TRUE  
If cell A1 contains the number 100, ISNUMBER returns TRUE:
=ISNUMBER(A1) // returns TRUE  
If a cell contains a formula, ISNUMBER checks the result of the formula:
=ISNUMBER(2+2) // returns TRUE
=ISNUMBER(2^3) // returns TRUE
=ISNUMBER(10 &" apples") // returns FALSE

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