How to find the nth non blank cell in Excel?
How could you find and return the nth non blank cell value from a column or a row in Excel? This article, I will talk about some useful formulas for you to solve this task.
Find and return the nth non blank cell value from a column with formula
Find and return the nth non blank cell value from a row with formula
Find and return the nth non blank cell value from a column with formula
For example, I have a column of data as following screenshot shown, now, I will get the third non blank cell value from this list.
Please enter this formula: =INDEX($A$1:$A$25,SMALL(ROW($A$1:$A$25)+(100*($A$1:$A$25="")), 3))&"" into a blank cell where you want to output the result, D2, for example, and then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys together to get the correct result, see screenshot:
Note: In above formula, A1:A25 is the data list that you want to use, and the number 3 indicates the third non blank cell value which you want to return, if you want to get the second non blank cell, you just need to change the number 3 to 2 as you need.
Find and return the nth non blank cell value from a row with formula
If you want to find and return the nth non blank cell value in a row, the following formula may help you, please do as this:
Enter this formula: =INDEX($A$1:$M$1,SMALL(IF($A$1:$M$1<>"",COLUMN($A$1:$M$1)-COLUMN($A$1)+1),4)) into a blank cell where you want to locate the result, and then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys together to get the result, see screenshot:
Note: In above formula, A1:M1 is the row values that you want to use, and the number 4 is the fourth non blank cell value which you want to return, if you want to get the second non blank cell, you just need to change the number 4 to 2 as you need.
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