Pick the low number in a column of Numbers
 

I have a column of numbers that are the results from formulas. in the absence
of enter values, the results column (say D) show several zeros.

I use =min(d1:d16) placed in column E to return the lowest value in the
colunm D which is ussually zero.

What I want to do is ignore the zeros and pick the lowest numer that is not 0.

=IF(e12<=0,e12,SMALL(d5:d12,2)) works for a column of negative numbers,
because they are all less than zero.

I can't seem to get the formula right For Positive integers.

Help please

Pick the low number in a column of Numbers
 

suppose u have values in range d5:d12 ...

Try this =SMALL(D5:D12,COUNTIF(D5:D12,0)+1)


On May 29, 9:59*pm, boxarox wrote:
I have a column of numbers that are the results from formulas. in the absence
of enter values, the results column (say D) show several zeros.

I use =min(d1:d16) placed in column E to return the lowest value in the
colunm D which is ussually zero.

What I want to do is ignore the zeros and pick the lowest numer that is not 0.

=IF(e12<=0,e12,SMALL(d5:d12,2)) works for a column of negative numbers,
because they are all less than zero.

I can't seem to get the formula right For Positive integers.

*Help please

Pick the low number in a column of Numbers
 

Thanks for the speedy reply. Your formula works nicely

"muddan madhu" wrote:

suppose u have values in range d5:d12 ...

Try this =SMALL(D5:D12,COUNTIF(D5:D12,0)+1)


On May 29, 9:59 pm, boxarox wrote:
I have a column of numbers that are the results from formulas. in the absence
of enter values, the results column (say D) show several zeros.

I use =min(d1:d16) placed in column E to return the lowest value in the
colunm D which is ussually zero.

What I want to do is ignore the zeros and pick the lowest numer that is not 0.

=IF(e12<=0,e12,SMALL(d5:d12,2)) works for a column of negative numbers,
because they are all less than zero.

I can't seem to get the formula right For Positive integers.

Help please

Pick the low number in a column of Numbers
 

Maybe???

=IF(SMALL(D1:D16,1)=0,SMALL(D1:D16,2),MIN(D1:D16))

"boxarox" wrote:

I have a column of numbers that are the results from formulas. in the absence
of enter values, the results column (say D) show several zeros.

I use =min(d1:d16) placed in column E to return the lowest value in the
colunm D which is ussually zero.

What I want to do is ignore the zeros and pick the lowest numer that is not 0.

=IF(e12<=0,e12,SMALL(d5:d12,2)) works for a column of negative numbers,
because they are all less than zero.

I can't seem to get the formula right For Positive integers.

Help please