Returns the smallest value in the list of arguments. Text and logical values such as TRUE and FALSE are compared as well as numbers.

Syntax

MINA(value1,value2,...)

Value1, value2,...     are 1 to 30 values for which you want to find the smallest value.

Remarks

  • You can specify arguments that are numbers, empty , logical values, or text representations of numbers. Arguments that are error values cause errors. If the calculation must not include text or logical values, use the MIN function instead.

  • Arguments that contain TRUE evaluate as 1; arguments that contain text or FALSE evaluate as 0 (zero).

  • If the arguments contain no values, MINA returns 0.

Example

Col1

Col2

Col3

Col4

Col5

Formula

Description (Result)

FALSE

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.8

=MINA([Col1],[Col2],[Col3],[Col4],[Col5])

Smallest of the numbers. FALSE evaluates to 0 (0)

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