Multiply cells but ignore zeros and blanks cells

[Excelstudent]

How do I multiple numbers in different cells BUT ignore blanks and zeros. (Please not this a long excel sheet). I want to multiple all the numbers from cell A1:H1 and put the answer in cell J in total. The answer in the first cell should be 80 (1*2*5*2*2*2). 

However because I have zeros randomly through the work book a simple ** would not work.

I want a statement that reads, multiply cell however if zero or blank ignore.

									total
1	0	2	5	2	0	2	2
1	0	2	1	2	0	2	2
1	0	1	8	2	0	2	2
1	0	1	4	2	0	2	2
1	0	1	1	2	0	2	2
1	0		7	2	0	2	2
1	0		4	2	0	2	2
	9	3	0	2	0	2	2
	9	2	7	2	0	2	2
	9	2	3	2	0	2	2

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Excelstudent If you are on a recent Excel version or on-line, this will work.

Or perhaps better to use:

=PRODUCT(FILTER(A2:H2,A2:H2<>0))

 Then you capture everything except zeros and blanks.

[#3]

@Excelstudent 

=PRODUCT(IF((A1:H1<>0)*(A1:H1<>""),A1:H1))

An alternative could be this formula. Enter the formula with ctrl+shift+enter if you don't work with Office365 or Excel 2021.

 

[#4]

@Excelstudent 

Using 365, I automatically go for a single dynamic range formula for the entire table.  The key is to replace zeros and blanks with 1 which is the identity under multiplication.

= BYROW(IF(data, data, 1),
    LAMBDA(row, PRODUCT(row))
  )

If the Lambda function is named, this simplifies to

= BYROW(IF(data,data,1), Productλ)

... all of which looks nothing like Excel I realise!

[#5]

Thank you very much for your help. This worked wonderfully.