Formulas and Functions
Table Of Contents
- Formulas and Functions
- Contents
- Preface: Welcome to iWork Formulas & Functions
- Chapter 1: Using Formulas in Tables
- The Elements of Formulas
- Performing Instant Calculations in Numbers
- Using Predefined Quick Formulas
- Creating Your Own Formulas
- Removing Formulas
- Referring to Cells in Formulas
- Using Operators in Formulas
- The String Operator and the Wildcards
- Copying or Moving Formulas and Their Computed Values
- Viewing All Formulas in a Spreadsheet
- Finding and Replacing Formula Elements
- Chapter 2: Overview of the iWork Functions
- Chapter 3: Date and Time Functions
- Chapter 4: Duration Functions
- Chapter 5: Engineering Functions
- Chapter 6: Financial Functions
- Chapter 7: Logical and Information Functions
- Chapter 8: Numeric Functions
- Chapter 9: Reference Functions
- Chapter 10: Statistical Functions
- Listing of Statistical Functions
- AVEDEV
- AVERAGE
- AVERAGEA
- AVERAGEIF
- AVERAGEIFS
- BETADIST
- BETAINV
- BINOMDIST
- CHIDIST
- CHIINV
- CHITEST
- CONFIDENCE
- CORREL
- COUNT
- COUNTA
- COUNTBLANK
- COUNTIF
- COUNTIFS
- COVAR
- CRITBINOM
- DEVSQ
- EXPONDIST
- FDIST
- FINV
- FORECAST
- FREQUENCY
- GAMMADIST
- GAMMAINV
- GAMMALN
- GEOMEAN
- HARMEAN
- INTERCEPT
- LARGE
- LINEST
- Additional Statistics
- LOGINV
- LOGNORMDIST
- MAX
- MAXA
- MEDIAN
- MIN
- MINA
- MODE
- NEGBINOMDIST
- NORMDIST
- NORMINV
- NORMSDIST
- NORMSINV
- PERCENTILE
- PERCENTRANK
- PERMUT
- POISSON
- PROB
- QUARTILE
- RANK
- SLOPE
- SMALL
- STANDARDIZE
- STDEV
- STDEVA
- STDEVP
- STDEVPA
- TDIST
- TINV
- TTEST
- VAR
- VARA
- VARP
- VARPA
- ZTEST
- Chapter 11: Text Functions
- Chapter 12: Trigonometric Functions
- Chapter 13: Additional Examples and Topics
- Index
Examples
=MEDIAN(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) returns 3.
=MEDIAN(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) returns 3.5.
=MEDIAN(5, 5, 5, 5, 6) returns 5.
Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:
“AVERAGE” on page 231
“MODE” on page 274
“Listing of Statistical Functions” on page 225
“Value Types” on page 36
“The Elements of Formulas” on page 15
“Using the Keyboard and Mouse to Create and Edit Formulas” on page 26
“Pasting from Examples in Help” on page 41
MIN
The MIN function returns the smallest number in a collection.
MIN(value, value…)
 value: A value. value can contain any value type.
 value…:Optionally include one or more additional values.
Usage Notes
If  value does not evaluate to a date or number, it is not included in the result.
To determine the smallest of any type of value in a collection, use the MINA Â
function.
Examples
=MIN(5, 5, 5, 5, 6) returns 5.
=MIN(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) returns 1.
Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:
“LARGE” on page 264
“MAX” on page 270
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