I have a range of five numbers, say A1:A5.
I want to identify the three lowest numbers in that range,
and then return the sum of those three numbers.
Was trying to use sumif, but could not figure it out.

I then set up a simple (follow me) macro which copied the range, pasted the
values,
then sorted, and then I just added the bottom three cells. That works fine,
except I have 30 such ranges, and cannot now figure out how to step the macro
to the next range (it keeps returning to the original range), hence why I am
trying to do this through a formula.

Any help would be appreciated.

-b

Hi!

Try this:

=SUM(SMALL(A1:A5,{1,2,3}))

Biff

"bman342" wrote in message
...
I have a range of five numbers, say A1:A5.
I want to identify the three lowest numbers in that range,
and then return the sum of those three numbers.
Was trying to use sumif, but could not figure it out.

I then set up a simple (follow me) macro which copied the range, pasted
the
values,
then sorted, and then I just added the bottom three cells. That works
fine,
except I have 30 such ranges, and cannot now figure out how to step the
macro
to the next range (it keeps returning to the original range), hence why I
am
trying to do this through a formula.

Any help would be appreciated.

-b

Biff:

Works like a charm, thanks so much.

-b

"Biff" wrote:

Hi!

Try this:

=SUM(SMALL(A1:A5,{1,2,3}))

Biff

"bman342" wrote in message
...
I have a range of five numbers, say A1:A5.
I want to identify the three lowest numbers in that range,
and then return the sum of those three numbers.
Was trying to use sumif, but could not figure it out.

I then set up a simple (follow me) macro which copied the range, pasted
the
values,
then sorted, and then I just added the bottom three cells. That works
fine,
except I have 30 such ranges, and cannot now figure out how to step the
macro
to the next range (it keeps returning to the original range), hence why I
am
trying to do this through a formula.

Any help would be appreciated.

-b

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

Biff

"bman342" wrote in message
...
Biff:

Works like a charm, thanks so much.

-b

"Biff" wrote:

Hi!

Try this:

=SUM(SMALL(A1:A5,{1,2,3}))

Biff

"bman342" wrote in message
...
I have a range of five numbers, say A1:A5.
I want to identify the three lowest numbers in that range,
and then return the sum of those three numbers.
Was trying to use sumif, but could not figure it out.

I then set up a simple (follow me) macro which copied the range, pasted
the
values,
then sorted, and then I just added the bottom three cells. That works
fine,
except I have 30 such ranges, and cannot now figure out how to step the
macro
to the next range (it keeps returning to the original range), hence why
I
am
trying to do this through a formula.

Any help would be appreciated.

-b