{"id":9965,"date":"2019-06-03T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T08:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=9965"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:43:31","slug":"small-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/small-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"SMALL Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Get the nth smallest value from a range of values<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SMALL(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">array<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">k<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SMALL(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">range of values<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">position of the smallest value<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You have a list of values and you want to get the third (or nth) smallest value, no problem! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/category\/formulas\/statistical\/small\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Excel&#8217;s\u00a0SMALL Formula<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>can easily get that for you!<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Cav58vAVQo?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">SMALL-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>SMALL\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=SMALL(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\" width=\"492\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-01.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-01-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>SMALL\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/small-formula-in-excel\/#array\" title=\"array\">array<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/small-formula-in-excel\/#k\" title=\"k\">k<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"array\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>array<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the range of values?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cells containing your values:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SMALL(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9:C12,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\" width=\"489\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-02.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-02-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"k\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>k<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the nth smallest value that you want to get?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We want to get the third smallest value so we will place in 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SMALL(C9:C12,<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 3)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\" width=\"558\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-03.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-03-300x83.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You now have your third smallest value!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"SMALL Formula in Excel\" width=\"497\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-04.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SMALL-FORMULA-04-300x98.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the SMALL Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.myexcelonline.com\/products\/101-most-popular-excel-formulas-e-book\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-300x157.png 300w, 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Get the nth smallest value from a range of values Formula breakdown: =SMALL(array, k) What it means: =SMALL(range of values, position of the smallest value) You have a list of values and you want to get the third (or nth) smallest value, no problem! Excel&#8217;s\u00a0SMALL Formula\u00a0can easily get that for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"SMALL Formula in Excel","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[507,3,499],"tags":[142,508,502],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}