ERROR.TYPE Function

The ERROR.TYPE function is one of the information functions. It is used to return the numeric representation of one of the existing errors.

Syntax

ERROR.TYPE(error_val)

The ERROR.TYPE function has the following argument:

Argument Description
error_val An error value. The possible values are listed in the table below.

The error_val argument can be one of the following:

Error value Numeric representation
#NULL! 1
#DIV/0! 2
#VALUE! 3
#REF! 4
#NAME? 5
#NUM! 6
#N/A 7
#GETTING_DATA 8
Other #N/A

Notes

How to apply the ERROR.TYPE function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the ERROR.TYPE function.

ERROR.TYPE Function