Eliminating the zeroes from the calculation
Hi
You could use a formula posted recently by Harlan Grove.
Instead of using the Minimum value to divide by, you use the Small
function, taking the smallest non zero value
=A1/(SMALL(A:A,COUNTIF(A:A,"=0")+1))
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Regards
Roger Govier
"zealot" wrote in message
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Hello there!
I wonder if you can help me in this question. I have a MIN function
which calculates the smallest value in a list of percentages and then
divides each percentage by the smallest in the list. It works fine
until one of the percentages becomes zero with the resulting
division-by-zero error. Do you think it is possible to make the MIN
function to exclude all instances (there may be more than one zero) of
zeroes from its calculation? I have attached the spreadsheet.
Thank you for your time,
D
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