Don't hit enter first. Just type the formula, & hit Control Shift Enter.
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David Biddulph

"Jim Aksel" wrote in message
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To confirm an array formula - I type the formula as normal, hit enter.
Then reselect the cell and hit CTL+SHIFT+ENTER.
This works fine on the first formula, it also encloses it in { }
However, then I do it the second time with the =MIN(IF(A1:A1000,A1:A100))
I
do not get the added {} after pressing CTL+SHFT+ENTER.

Any other ideas? I am sure it is something simple that I am overlooking.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

Are you sure you used that as an *array* formula? For me it does the
job.
It excludes the negative numbers and gives me the smallest +ve one.

"Jim Aksel" wrote in message
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Half way there. That works to find the largest negative value.
I tried the ARRAY formula
=MIN(IF(A1:A1000,A1:A100))
Using this formula provides the same value as =MIN(A1:A100)

No joy. Any other ideas? I need the smallest positive non-zero
integer
value. I'm using E2007 if that adds to the joy.

"Don Guillett" wrote:

try this idea using this ARRAY formula which must be entered using
ctrl+shift+enter. Also suggest NOT using 65000. Use something less

=MAX(IF(A1:A100<0,A1:A100))

"Jim Aksel" wrote in message
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I have a series of numbers. For all intents an purposes the range is
-infinity to +infinity. All values are integers, and there may be
multiples... Example, there may be a quantity of 40 with a value of
"15".
The numbers are in random order and cannot be sorted.

Determining the min/max is easy: =Min(A1:A65000) and
Max(A1:A65000).

I want to determine the largest negative value and the smallest
positive
value. I don't care about its position or frequency of occurence,
only
the
value is important to me.

Do I need to write my own function in VBA or is there something easy
I
am
missing?