# INFO

information · from excel · excel: not yet compared · no sheets equivalent

information about the operating environment

## signature

```
INFO(type_text)
```

returns: `text`

## arguments

- type_text: text — required

## examples

formula and result, asserted in the engine test suite.

| formula | result | with |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `=INFO("numfile")` | `1` | — |

## errors

error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.

| error | produced by |
| --- | --- |
| `#VALUE!` | `=INFO("alpha")` |

## related

- [CELL](https://deepcalc.com/functions/cell.md) — information about a cell's formatting, location or contents
- [ERROR.TYPE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/error-type.md) — returns number corresponding to an error type
- [FORMULATEXT](https://deepcalc.com/functions/formulatext.md) — returns formula as a text string
- [ISBLANK](https://deepcalc.com/functions/isblank.md) — returns TRUE if value is blank
- [ISDATE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/isdate.md) — true when a value can be read as a date
- [ISEMAIL](https://deepcalc.com/functions/isemail.md) — true when text looks like an email address
- [ISERR](https://deepcalc.com/functions/iserr.md) — returns TRUE if value is any error except #N/A
- [ISERROR](https://deepcalc.com/functions/iserror.md) — returns TRUE if value is any error

## navigate

- [all information functions](https://deepcalc.com/functions/information-functions.md)
- [function index](https://deepcalc.com/functions.md) — all 600 functions
- [error values](https://deepcalc.com/errors.md) · [concepts](https://deepcalc.com/concepts.md) · [limits](https://deepcalc.com/limits.md)
- [everything in one file](https://deepcalc.com/llms-full.txt)

source: https://deepcalc.com/functions/info