How do I recognize VALUE in Excel spreadsheets

Question

I d like to write a formula such that if cell A1 displays  VALUE   say TRUE in cell B1   Here s my formula in cell B1    IF A1   VALUE     TRUE    FALSE     I get FALSE when A1 does not say  VALUE  so that part is fine   But  when it does say  VALUE   I get a  VALUE  error in cell B1  when I want it to say TRUE   How do I do this

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in EXCEL 2013 i had to use IF function 2 times  1st to identify error with ISERROR and 2nd to identify the specific type of error by ERROR TYPE 3 in order to address this type of error  This way you can differentiate between error you want and other types

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Use IFERROR value  value if error

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This will return TRUE for  VALUE  errors  ERROR TYPE   3  and FALSE for anything else    IF ISERROR A1  ERROR TYPE A1  3

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