Excel: Function to Determine If Number is Real or Integer

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q61275

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2 versions 2.2, 2.21, 3.0

SUMMARY

The following is a worksheet function that will determine whether a number is real or an integer:

   =IF(TRUNC(A1)=A1,"Integer","Real")

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Note that this function will return a #VALUE! error if A1 contains text and "Integer" if A1 is empty. An integer is a number that does not have a fractional value (for example, 8). A real number may contain a fractional value (for example, 5.24).

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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