returning empty cell if minimum of a range contains all empty values

Question

I have a formula which find minimum date values from AF4 to next empty cell in A starting from A4.

=MIN(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(AF4);COLUMN(AF4))&\":af\"& (         


        

Answer 1

You can't return an Empty Cell, as a cell with a formula in it is not empty. You will get a default value of 0 instead.

You can, however, return an empty string, "": =IF(ISBLANK(A1),"",A1)