Check if data is text

[luan_ngo]

I'm importing a table from Excel and the value of some cells can be either text or numbers. In my program, if it's text, it will be treated differently than numbers. Is there a way I can see whether the value in my alpha series is a number or text?

Thanks!

[EViews Gareth]

Use the @val function to convert the text to a number. If it returns NA, you know it isn't a number.

[luan_ngo]

Thanks!