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Error with Median and IF Function
For "Autralia" in column B there are rows 9, 10 and 11 which say "Interested" in column C. The corresponding entries in column E are " 0,33 ", " blank " and " blank " and the median of these values is " 0,00 ". The " blank " are recognized as " 0 " as you can see below.
With this formula the blank values in column E are excluded and the intended result is returned. In my first reply i didn't understand that the blanks (zero values) have to be excluded.
=MEDIAN(IF((Table1[2]=[@Country])*(Table1[3]="Interested")*(Table1[5]<>""),Table1[5],""))
OliverScheurich Hi Quadruple Pawn, thanks very much! I forgot to mention that the outputs for Australia says "0.00" but it is incorrect because it should say "0.33" for Australia as per the data, and I do not understand why our formula isn't picking it up. I'm wondering if you know why?
For "Autralia" in column B there are rows 9, 10 and 11 which say "Interested" in column C. The corresponding entries in column E are " 0,33 ", " blank " and " blank " and the median of these values is " 0,00 ". The " blank " are recognized as " 0 " as you can see below.
With this formula the blank values in column E are excluded and the intended result is returned. In my first reply i didn't understand that the blanks (zero values) have to be excluded.
=MEDIAN(IF((Table1[2]=[@Country])*(Table1[3]="Interested")*(Table1[5]<>""),Table1[5],""))
OliverScheurich
Wow, thank you so much for your review again and explanation!
That is really helpful to know. I used to think that only if I wrote "0" then Excel will consider that.
I did not know that Excel also considers blank as equal to "0"! That is really good to know and I will ensure to use your updated formula that will exclude the blanks. Thank you! 🙂