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RFreund
Copper Contributor
Jan 31, 2020

Filter Function with numbers and empty cells

I'm puzzled by how excel I handling the following situation. I have a column of numbers and empty cells (not blank cells, they are filled with "" - side question what is the correct term for such a cell?). When I use the filter function to return cells that are less than a given value, the "if_empty" value is returned if no values are less than the given value. However, if I use greater than, the "if_empty" value is not returned. See attached example. 
Why is this?

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Formulas and Functions

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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor
    Jan 31, 2020

    RFreund 

    You may add one more condition

    =FILTER(A1:A21,(A1:A21>F9)*(A1:A21<>""),"No Outlier")

    Without this it calculates empty cells since any text, even empty string, is more than any number.

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