Jifunze Excel ISNUMBER(): Tambua Kama Thamani ni Namba
1. ISNUMBER() Function – Utangulizi
ISNUMBER() ni function inayotumika kuangalia kama cell au formula inarudisha namba. Ikiwa ni namba → inarudisha TRUE.
Ikiwa si namba (text, blank, symbol, error) → inarudisha FALSE.
Ni muhimu sana kwa:
Data validation
Kutengeneza formulas za IF
Kutambua errors kwenye data
Kutafuta namba ndani ya text (kwa kutumia SEARCH + ISNUMBER)
Filtering
Syntax:
ISNUMBER(value)
value → cell, text, au formula unayotaka ku-check.
2. Mfano Rahisi
A2 = 123
A3 = John
A4 = "45" (text)
A5 = 45+5
Formula:
=ISNUMBER(A2)
Matokeo: TRUE
=ISNUMBER(A3)
Matokeo: FALSE
=ISNUMBER(A4)
Matokeo: FALSE (kwa sababu ni text, hata kama inaonekana kama namba)
=ISNUMBER(A5)
Matokeo: TRUE (45+5 = 50)
3. Kutumia ISNUMBER() Pamoja na SEARCH()
Njia maarufu zaidi ya kutumia ISNUMBER() ni kutafuta text ndani ya text nyingine.
Mfano:
Tambua kama neno “Doe” lipo ndani ya jina.
=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Doe",A2))
Matokeo:
TRUE → ikiwa Doe ipo
FALSE → ikiwa Doe haipo
Hii inasaidia sana kwa:
Kutafuta codes
Kutambua keywords
Kutengeneza filters
Kutengeneza conditional formatting
4. ISNUMBER() Pamoja na IF()
Mfano:
A2 inayo namba → andika "Namba"
Kama si namba → andika "Si Namba"
=IF(ISNUMBER(A2),"Namba","Si Namba")
5. ISNUMBER() Pamoja na VALUE()
Ikiwa una text inayofanana na namba, unaweza kuibadilisha:
=ISNUMBER(VALUE(A2))
Mfano:
A2 = "123 " (ina spaces au imekopiwa kutoka web)
VALUE() → inabadilisha kuwa namba halisi
ISNUMBER() → inathibitisha
6. Kutafuta Kama Cell Ina Namba ndani ya Maandishi
Mfano: “Room 25B”, “Item 50Kg”, “Level 3”.
Tumia:
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(MID(A2,ROW($1:$50),1)*1))>0
Matokeo: TRUE
Ikiwa text ina angalau namba moja.
7. Kutumia ISNUMBER() Kwenye Filtering ya Data
Mfano: unataka kuonesha rows ambazo zina namba tu:
=FILTER(A2:A100,ISNUMBER(A2:A100))
8. Matumizi Muhimu ya ISNUMBER()
Kutambua namba zilizochanganyika na text
Kusafisha data kabla ya analysis
Kutengeneza conditional formatting
Kutengeneza formulas za validation (mfano: ruhusu namba tu)
Kuthibitisha data kutoka systems (CSV, PDF, Web)
Kutengeneza smart dashboards
9. ISNUMBER() Inarudisha FALSE Kwa:
Text (hata kama ina digits)
Blanks
Errors (#N/A, #VALUE!, #REF!)
Dates zilizowekwa vibaya (as text)
“123A” (combination ya text + digits)
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