Ignoring null cells in an array formula

[coyotem78]

Hi all

Its been awhile since I had to post on these boards, so please bear with me.

I have the following set of data in Sheet1 - Starting in A1:

Region|Client|Score|
Metro North|Client1||
Metro North|Client2||
Metro North|Client3|1| <--- First numeric value
Metro North|Client4|1|
Metro North|Client5||
Metro North|Client6||
Metro North|Client7|2|
Metro North|Client8||
Metro North|Client9||
Metro North|Client10|3|
Metro North|Client11|4|
Metro North|Client12||
Metro North|Cleint13||
...same as above record from Client14-Client269...
Metro North|Client270|5| <--- 6th numeric value

In cell E1, I'm trying to select the xth valid Score (non-null), for this example lets say its the 6th score, by using a formula.

I type in the following :-

INDEX(if(isnumeric($C$2:$C$270),$C$1:$C$270),6) (then pressed Ctrl+Shift+Enter)

which yielded the result FALSE.

This obvious indicates that the array is including the null cells and returning the value for Client6 (6th value in the array) instead of Client270 (6th numeric value).

So this leads me to my question, is there a way I can ignore the null cells in the array formula?

Thanks in advance

 

[mvptomlinson]

Coyote, try:

=INDEX(C2:C270,SMALL(IF(ISBLANK(C2:C270),"",ROW(C2:C270)),6)-ROW(C2:C270)+1)

(Taken from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101167).

 

[coyotem78]

Thanks mvptomlinson. That worked.