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JPScottIII
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Nov 13, 2021

MIN function exclude "Zero" values - Non Consecutive group of cells

I am struggling with ignore zero values when the group of cells to be tested is not a consecutive range

 

The function "=MIN(D7,M7,V7,AE7,AN7)" works fine but I want to ignore lowest value if AE7 and AN7 are zero.

 

All the examples for MINIFS require the group of cells to be tested to be a consecutive Range  (D7:AN7) however, I have values in the 7th row that I do not want factored in.

 

Thanks in advance and I apologize for my nube-ness...

  • TomA350's avatar
    TomA350
    Copper Contributor
    Hi everyone, I'm reaching out here as I think I have a slightly differrent but similar need.

    I'm trying to get the second lowest value among a few specific columns.
    My prices are stored within columns T, AQ, BN & CK. The idea here is to get all of the different offers on the same line.

    I tried the LOWEST VALUE function, (PETITE.VALEUR in french) that allows you to choose whih nth value you are willing to retrieve.

    However, the cells range has to be continued which is not the case for me.

    Anothe restrain is that I cannot aggregate the date on a continued cells range.

    Anyone has a workaround ?

    Thanks in advance for your time & help and I wish you a nice day.
    Tom
  • JPScottIII 

    =IF(AND(AE7=0,AN7=0),MIN(D7,M7,V7),IF(AND(AE7=0,AN7<>0),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AN7),IF(AND(AE7<>0,AN7=0),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AE7),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AE7,AN7))))

     

    With Office365 or 2021 you can apply IFS formula:

    =IFS(AND(AE7=0,AN7=0),MIN(D7,M7,V7),

    AND(AE7=0,AN7<>0),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AN7),

    AND(AE7<>0,AN7=0),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AE7),

    AND(AE7<>0,AN7<>0),MIN(D7,M7,V7,AE7,AN7))

  • JPScottIII 

    Another 365 solution

    = LET(
        k, SEQUENCE(1,5,1,9),
        array,   INDEX(dataRow, k),
        nonzero, IF(NOT((array=0)*(k>=28)), array),
        MIN(nonzero) )

    This builds an array from every 9th cell in the row.  Any zeros found in the back end of the array are converted to FALSE.  MIN returns the required result.

     

    If you do not have 365, it might be the time to say.

  • JPScottIII 

    =MIN(IF((MOD(COLUMN(D7:AN7),9)=4)*(D7:AN7<>0),D7:AN7,1E+300))

    If you don't have Microsoft 365 or Office 2021, confirm the formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

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