Examples

ISERR will return TRUE if A1 contains any error except  #N/A: You can use the ISERR function together with the IF function to test for an error and display a custom message, or perform a different calculation if found.

Other error functions

Excel provides a number of error-related functions, each with a different behavior:

The ISERR function returns TRUE for any error type except the #N/A error. The ISERROR function returns TRUE for any error. The ISNA function returns TRUE for #N/A errors only. The ERROR.TYPE function returns the numeric code for a given error. The IFERROR function traps errors and provides an alternative result. The IFNA function traps #N/A errors and provides an alternative result.

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