Returns a number corresponding to one of the error values in Microsoft Excel or returns the #N/A error if no error exists. You can use ERROR.TYPE in an IF function to test for an error value and return a text string, such as a message, instead of the error value.
Syntax
ERROR.TYPE(error_val)
Error_val is the error value whose identifying number you want to find. Although error_val can be the actual error value, it will usually be a reference to a cell containing a formula that you want to test.
| If error_val is |
ERROR.TYPE returns |
| #NULL! |
1 |
| #DIV/0! |
2 |
| #VALUE! |
3 |
| #REF! |
4 |
| #NAME? |
5 |
| #NUM! |
6 |
| #N/A |
7 |
| Anything else |
#N/A |
Example
The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.
How to copy an example
- Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
- Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.
Selecting an example from Help
- Press CTRL+C.
- In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
- To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.
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| A |
| Data |
| #NULL! |
| =1/0 |
| Formula |
Description (Result) |
| =ERROR.TYPE(A2) |
Number of the #NULL! error (1) |
| =IF(ERROR.TYPE(A3)<3,CHOOSE(ERROR.TYPE(A3),"Ranges do not intersect","The divisor is zero")) |
Checks cell A3 to see whether the cell contains either the #NULL! error value or the #DIV/0! error value. If it does, then the number for the error value is used in the CHOOSE worksheet function to display one of two messages; otherwise, the #N/A error value is returned. (The divisor is zero.) |
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