Google Sheets Formulas – Why a Blank String Is Greater Than 0

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Why does

="" > 0

Evaluate to TRUE?

And how can I input a value that would evaluate to FALSE that is not a number?

Best Answer

how can I input a value that would evaluate to FALSE that is not a number?

Use ISNUMBER.

Syntax
ISNUMBER(value)

value - The value to be verified as a number.

*ISNUMBER returns TRUE if this is a number or a reference to a cell containing a numeric value and FALSE otherwise.