title: Why does ISBLANK return False not see a blank cell but COUNTBLANK does in Google sheets
body: <p>I am trying to check if a column is blank. The column is formatted as plain text, so I understand that causes the <code>ISBLANK</code> formula to return false, regardless of what is in the cell. But If I use <code>COUNTBLANKS</code> on the same range, it counts text cells as blanks. Is there not an easy way to check if no values (numbers or text) appear in a column. Here is an <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A7UJxOK0SCNwwrEPo__XfEO7_LUdCsmfmm9dkzmB0fU/edit#gid=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">example</a> here.</p>