Excel 公式返回最小值，考虑空单元格

Question

I have 4 dates across a table, I want to return the smallest date so have used the below, however if that cell is blank I want the cell displaying the date to be blank? This is what I've tried:

=SMALL(D2:K2,1,D2,"")

It does not work.

Answer 1

I am not sure if I understand your question correctly.

If you wish to display the lowest date in the range or - if any of the cells are blank - a blank cell, you might use this formula. It checks if the number of non-blank cells is 0 and results either in the minimum date or a blank.

=IF(COUNTBLANK(D2:K2)=0,SMALL(D2:K2,1),"")

Answer 2

您需要使用 IF：

=IF(D2="","",SMALL(D2:K2,1))

Answer 3

This is the array formula ( Ctrl + Enter to run it), that is needed:

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(TRUE(),ISBLANK(A1:A4),0)),SMALL(A1:A4,1),"")

The idea is the following:

• get the first cell in the range, which is not filled out with the array formula =MATCH(TRUE(),ISBLANK(A1:A4),0) . It will either return a the position of the empty cell or N/A error, if there is no such cell.
• put =IF(ISERROR) to check whether there is an empty position in the range, returning an error.
• unite the formula with =SMALL(A1:A4,1) , if there is no empty cell.

Formulas are in German, but I hope it is understandable:

Answer 4

=IF(ISBLANK(D2),"",MIN(D2:K2))

Answer 5

You can use the union of two formulas:

The count.if() and the small() , like I did on this case:

=IF(COUNT.IF(Q31:Q38;"")>0;"";SMALL(Q31:Q38)) , where Q31:Q38 is my interval.

On count.if we count the number of blank cells (equals to "");

On ìf , we verify if our counter is > 0. If it is, our cell receives the "" value. If it isn't, it receives the smaller data value.