what is data in excel

[lezawang]

Hi
I said data could be

1- Number
2- Text
3- Date
4- Time
5- Function/formula

Am I right? Thank you.

 

[Fluff]

I personally consider data to be any hard value.

 

[jtakw]

Hi,

Agree with Fluff.

Technically, Date and Time are Numbers...

 

[shg]

I'd regard formulas as part of the model, not data.

 

[jtakw]

One might consider formula Results as part of your data, but not the formulas itself.

 

[shg]

I would say data > model > results

 

[Michael M]

I would have thought any information that occupies a cell would be data, apart from an actual formula

 

[lezawang]

Thank you all for the help. Can I consider Colors as Data?

 

[RoryA]

It depends. You shouldn't, in my opinion, but many try to and cause themselves all kinds of problems.

 

[jtakw]

If it's Cell Coloring as a result of Cell Formatting or Conditional Formatting, then I'd say No.
Formatting is to highlight the Data in the cell(s), the color itself is not data.

Now, if it's actually the word "Red", or "Yellow" or...in the cell, then I'd say it's data.