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Information function
ISEVEN
Returns TRUE if a number is even.
OccasionalDifficulty 950 · CapableUsage rank #174 of 520
When to use it
TRUE for even integers. Non-integers are truncated first.
The shape of it
- Syntax
=ISEVEN(number)
Worked examples
Even
=ISEVEN(4) → TRUE
Even.
Decimal
=ISEVEN(3.5) → FALSE
Truncated to 3, which is odd.
Row banding
=ISEVEN(ROW()) → TRUE on even rows
A conditional formatting rule for banding.
Worth knowing
- MOD(x,2)=0 is the same test and works inside array formulas where ISEVEN sometimes does not.
- Negative numbers work: ISEVEN(-4) is TRUE.
- Zero is even.
Where it goes wrong
- Text returns #VALUE!.
- Truncation can surprise with decimals.
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