ISURL

Checks whether a value is a valid URL.

Sample usage

ISURL("http://www.google.com")

ISURL("www.google.com")

ISURL("google.com")

ISURL("www.abc.xyz")

Syntax

ISURL(value)

• value – The value to be verified as a URL.

Notes

• Google Sheets automatically links text entered into a cell if a valid URL is detected. ISURL will return TRUE in these cases.
• A fully qualified URL is not required. In other words, "http" and "www" are not needed in all cases.
• Valid protocols include FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Gopher, Mailto, News, Telnet and AIM.
• If a URL is flagged as 'False', it may use a top-level domain that isn't on our list.

See also

ISEMAIL: Checks if the value follows a commonly accepted format for email addresses, but doesn't verify its existence.

ISERROR: Checks whether a value is an error.

ISTEXT: Checks whether a value is text.

ISBLANK: Checks whether the referenced cell is empty.

HYPERLINK: Creates a hyperlink inside a cell.