Examples

The TYPE function returns a numeric code: If TYPE is given an array constant, or a range, the result is 64: TYPE returns 16 for errors:

Notes

You can’t use TYPE to test for a formula, because TYPE evaluates the result. Excel dates and times are numbers, and therefore return 1.

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