I have some numbers:
5, 16, 9, 18, 3
To find the 2nd smallest number, I can use SMALL formula but this will only work if the numbers are in a range. How can I find the 2nd smallest, 3rd smallest number and so on if I am selecting the cell positions manually rather than keeping it in a range. In other words, I want to get the result like SMALL function but want to enter the formula like MIN function i.e. MIN(A1,B7,C3,D5,D9)
Last edited by brajesh.sharma87; 07-16-2018 at 05:32 AM.
Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook? We are not able to work with or manipulate a picture of one and nobody wants to have to recreate your data from scratch.
1. Make sure that your sample data are REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.
2. Make sure that your desired results are also shown (mock up the results manually).
3. Make sure that all confidential data is removed or replaced with dummy data first (e.g. names, addresses, E-mails, etc.).
4. Try to avoid using merged cells as they cause lots of problems.
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Like this:
=SMALL((A1,B4,C7,E5,E2),2)
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Try
=SMALL(CHOOSE(ROW(A1:A4),A1,B7,C3,D5,D9),2)
Aray confirmed with Shift Ctrl Enter
The row of the second range in the ROW() function should equal the number of cells selected.
Last edited by jason.b75; 07-16-2018 at 04:35 AM. Reason: corrected misplaced parenthesis & add array confirm.
Nice simple solution, Glenn.
Didn't know you could pass non contiguous ranges to a single argument in that way.
TbH... neither did I until I googled it!!!
Omg, you are like, solved my 2 problems with one solution. Exactly how I wanted.Originally Posted by Glenn Kennedy
I dont know if you can see, but I added reputation for your solution. Cheers.
You're welcome and thanks for the rep.
I want to use COUNTIF function the same way, is there anyway to do that. I couldn't find that on google.
countif uses range and not array so I am not able to do it the same way.
Start a new thread for the COUNTIF query, please.
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