Excel Formula Checker

Audit a formula for errors before it reaches production.

Paste a formula and get a static analysis: unbalanced parentheses, wrong argument counts, mismatched range sizes, missing absolute references that will break on fill, and the classic VLOOKUP-without-FALSE bug.

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Excel and spreadsheet files only. Export from Google Sheets as .xlsx or .csv.

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What it does well

  • Syntax validation with the exact character position of each problem
  • Fill-safety analysis that catches missing $ anchors
  • Detection of the ten most common causes of #N/A, #VALUE! and #REF!

How to use Excel Formula Checker

  1. 1

    Paste the formula that is misbehaving.

  2. 2

    Say which cell it lives in and where it gets filled to.

  3. 3

    Read the findings, ordered by severity.

  4. 4

    Copy the corrected formula.

Watch a walkthrough

How to use Excel Formula Checker

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Common problems and fixes

It reports a problem in a formula that works today.

Fill-safety and approximate-match warnings describe formulas that work now but break when copied or when data grows. Both are worth fixing.

A locale-specific formula is reported as invalid.

Set your separator convention to semicolon in the options and re-run the check.

Frequently asked questions

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