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MINA
MINA works like MIN but treats logical values (TRUE=1, FALSE=0) and text (as 0) as numeric rather than ignoring them. This means text entries compete as 0, which may lower the minimum compared to a pure MIN call.
Excel
=MINA(B2:B5)Google Sheets
=MINA(B2:B5)✓
Verified example
Computed by a real spreadsheet engine on the sample data below.
| Item | Value |
| A | 10 |
| B | TRUE |
| C | 25 |
| D | 5 |
=MINA(B2:B5)→1
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How it works
- 1Reference the range including any logical or text values: =MINA(B2:B5).
- 2MINA converts TRUE to 1, FALSE and text to 0 before finding the minimum.
- 3Returns the smallest value after those conversions.
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