Multiplying only the numbers that are greater than zero

[Rnkhch]

Hello,

I have a range of cells that contain variuos positive or zero numbers, and I want to calculate the geometric mean of the range, but I need a way to exclude the zeros. I tried to use the GEOMEAN function hoping it will ignore the zeros, but it didn't. I tried to write some kind of combination of IF and PRODUCT functions, but wasn't successful. And unfortunately the PRODUCTIF function doesn't exist yet.

N1	N2	N3	N4	N5	Geometric mean
4.6	8.5	9.2	7.3	0	#NUM!
3.9	4.4	9.1	0	0	#NUM!
2.3	8.2	1.7	5.2	4.6	3.77529

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Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. If there are zeros in the range of cells, they would appear at the rightmost column(s), if this info is of any help.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

In F2 control+shift+enter, not just enter, and copy down:

=GEOMEAN(IF(ISNUMBER(A2:E2),IF(A2:E2>0,A2:E2)))

 

[Rnkhch]

Thank you, but I keep getting the "#NUM!" error with your formula. (Could it be happening because the result of the outer IF statement is FALSE causing the GEOMEAN to not go through?)

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Thank you, but I keep getting the "#NUM!" error with your formula. (Could it be happening because the result of the outer IF statement is FALSE causing the GEOMEAN to not go through?)

Did you apply control+shift+enter? That is, press down the control and the shift keys at the same time, while you hit the enter key? If done successfully, Excel itself puts a pair of { and } around the formula in recognition.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

See the workbook implementing the suggested formula:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j08py6w98lr3pzi/Rnkhch%20conditional%20GEOMEAN.xlsx?dl=0

 

[Rnkhch]

Thanks! I figured it. It was a bit tricky I realized I have to press

control+shift+enter while the cursor is still at the formula bar after typing the formula.​

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Thanks! I figured it. It was a bit tricky I realized I have to press

control+shift+enter while the cursor is still at the formula bar after typing the formula.​

Great. Thanks for the update.