Excel: Worksheet Function to Determine if Integer Even or Odd

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q61274
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2 versions 2.2, 2.21, 3.0

SUMMARY

The following is a worksheet formula to determine whether an integer in cell A1 is even: 

   =IF(MOD(A1,2)=0,"even","odd")
Note that if cell A1 is empty, this formula will return "even". If A1 contains a text value, a #VALUE! error will be returned.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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