identifying text associated with MIN value

[vanessa]

I am trying to analyze a spreadsheet of company bids and need some help. The
spreasheet is organized by store (down column A) and by company across the
top. With help from this board I figured out how to find the MIN bid value.
However, I would like to associate this value with the company that bid that
amount. Is there any way to do this in Excel?

 

[Max]

Assume company names in B11,
with associated bids per row item in B22 down
Put in say, F2: =INDEX(B$1$1,MATCH(MIN(B22),B22,0))
Copy F2 down to return the company which bid the min per row item. Adapt to
suit. In the event of a tie in the min bid, the leftmost company will be
returned
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[vanessa]

Thanks Max, but this is not working quite right for me. It keeps giving me
the company name associated with zero value bids. Any adivce on how to get
Excel to ignore the zeros?

 

[T. Valko]

Based on Max's setup.

Assumes there is at least 1 non-zero number in the row.

=INDEX(B$1$1,MATCH(SMALL(B22,COUNTIF(B22,0)+1),B22,0))

 

[vanessa]

That works. Thank you!

Based on Max's setup.

Assumes there is at least 1 non-zero number in the row.

=INDEX(B$1$1,MATCH(SMALL(B22,COUNTIF(B22,0)+1),B22,0))