Formula to find 2nd largest in a range including negatives, ignoring zeros

[RUMPOLE]

Hi

I'm looking for a formula to find the 2nd largest in a range including negatives, but ignoring zero values.

eg, range of values is

8
0
-2
0
-6
-8
-9

I have tried to calculate a formula which gives me -2 as the second largest value, but had no luck.

Can anyone kindly assist?

Kind Regards

RUMPOLE

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Control+shift+enter, not just enter:

=LARGE(IF(ISNUMBER(1/A2:A8),A2:A8),2)

 

[RUMPOLE]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for your reply.

I tried this but no luck- got #num in the cell.

When you say control shift enter, how does that affect the formula/

Sorry I'm a bit clueless there

Kind Regards
RUMPOLE

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Control+shift+enter means: Press down the shift and the control keys at the same time while you hit the enter key. If done correctly, Excel itself puts a pair of { and } around the formula in recognition.

 

[RUMPOLE]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for your reply.

Still doesnt work unfortunately- the formula suggested returns 0

I had no luck using ctrl+shift+enter; didnt make any change to the formula unfortunately.

Any other suggestions?!

Kind Regards
Matthew

 

[Jonmo1]

Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER didn't change the formula at all, it didn't put {brackets} around it ?

Note, you can't do the CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER after the fact of entering the formula.
You have to do it at the time the formula is entered.
If the formula is already there, double click on that cell as if to edit it.
THEN press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER

If this still doesn't produce the {brackets}...

Are you actually using Excel? Or some other Excel 'like' program, such as google sheets or something?

 

[barry houdini]

Try this formula, just entered normally

=AGGREGATE(14,6,A2:A8/(A2:A8<>0),2)

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for your reply.

Still doesnt work unfortunately- the formula suggested returns 0

I had no luck using ctrl+shift+enter; didnt make any change to the formula unfortunately.

Any other suggestions?!

Kind Regards
Matthew

See the workbook:https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yxmisafd9b0bum/RUMPOLE%20Formula%20to%20find%202nd%20largest%20in%20a%20range%20including%20negatives%2C%20ignoring%20zeros.xlsx?dl=0

 

[RUMPOLE]

Try this formula, just entered normally

=AGGREGATE(14,6,A2:A8/(A2:A8<>0),2)

That works, thanks very much Barry Houdini!

ps. what do the 14,6 signify in the formula?

Kind Regards
RUMPOLE

 

[RUMPOLE]

Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER didn't change the formula at all, it didn't put {brackets} around it ?

Note, you can't do the CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER after the fact of entering the formula.
You have to do it at the time the formula is entered.
If the formula is already there, double click on that cell as if to edit it.
THEN press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER

If this still doesn't produce the {brackets}...

Are you actually using Excel? Or some other Excel 'like' program, such as google sheets or something?

That works, thanks very much Jonmo1!