How to find the first / last value greater than X in Excel?
Supposing, you have a long list of numbers, now, you want to extract the first or the last number which is greater than a specific value. In Excel, you needn’t find them one by one, because here are some formulas to solve it quickly and time-saving.
Find the first or last value greater than a specific value with formulas
Find all values greater than a specific value with Kutools for Excel
Find the first or last value greater than a specific value with formulas
Take the following data for example, I need to find the first number in column A which is greater than 150.
Please enter this formula: =INDEX(A2:A16,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(A2:A16>150,0),)) (A2:A16 is the data range that you want to use, 150 is the specific number of the criteria you want to greater than), and then press Enter key, you will get the first number which is greater than 150. See screenshot:
Note: To find the last number which is greater than 150, you should apply this formula: =LOOKUP(9.999999999999E+307,IF(A2:A16>150,A2:A16)), and then press Ctrl +Shift + Enter keys together to get the correct result, see screenshot:
Find all values greater than a specific value with Kutools for Excel
If you have Kutools for Excel, with its Select Specific Cells utility, you can find and select all values greater than a specific value in Excel.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:
1. Select the values that you want to find.
2. Then click Kutools > Select > Select Specific Cells, see screenshot:
3. In the Select Specific Cells dialog box, select Cell from the Selection type, then choose the criterion- Greater than under the Specific type, and enter the number that you want to find the cells based on, see screenshot:
4. Then click Ok or Apply button, all the numbers greater than your specific value are selected at once. See screenshot:
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