Combine CHOOSE and ERROR.TYPE to display friendly error message : ERROR.TYPE « Information functions « Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Tutorial

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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Tutorial » Information functions » ERROR.TYPE   17.2.3.Combine CHOOSE and ERROR.TYPE to display friendly error message Fill A1 with =1/0 Input the formula: =CHOOSE(ERROR.TYPE(A1),"Nothing here!","You can't divide by 0","A bad number has been entered", "The formula is referencing a bad cell or range","There is a problem with the entry","There is a problem with the entered value","Something is seriously wrong!") Press Enter to get the result 17.2.ERROR.TYPE 17.2.1. ERROR.TYPE(error_val) returns a number corresponding to an error type 17.2.2. =ERROR.TYPE("#NULL!") Number of the #NULL! error 17.2.3. Combine CHOOSE and ERROR.TYPE to display friendly error message 17.2.4. If #NULL! or #DIV/0!, display messages