finding the lowest value in a cell Excel VBA - vba

Question

I am new to this. I am trying to find the lowest value in a cell with multiple values inside. For example,
48
44.50
41.00
37.50
I am trying to find 37.50. What should be the code for it?
Thanks

Answer 1

Based on your posted example:
Sub FindMin()
Dim s As String, CH As String
Dim wf As WorksheetFunction
Dim bry() As Double
Set wf = Application.WorksheetFunction
s = ActiveCell.Text
CH = Chr(10)
ary = Split(s, CH)
ReDim bry(LBound(ary) To UBound(ary))
For i = LBound(ary) To UBound(ary)
bry(i) = CDbl(ary(i))
Next i
MsgBox wf.Min(bry)
End Sub
This assumes that there is a hard return (ASCII-10) between the fields in the cell.
EDIT#1:
To make it into a function, remove the sub and replace with:
Public Function FindMin(r As Range) As Variant
Dim s As String, CH As String
Dim wf As WorksheetFunction
Dim bry() As Double
Set wf = Application.WorksheetFunction
s = r.Text
CH = Chr(10)
ary = Split(s, CH)
ReDim bry(LBound(ary) To UBound(ary))
For i = LBound(ary) To UBound(ary)
bry(i) = CDbl(ary(i))
Next i
FindMin = wf.Min(bry)
End Function
EDIT#2:
based on your comment, here is an example of input vs output:
Note that all the values are in a single cell and the values are separated by hard returns rather than spaces.

Answer 2

By code with same cell and a " " as delimiter to break
temp = Range("A1").Value
temp = Split(temp, " ")
Low = CInt(temp(0))
For i = 0 To UBound(temp) - 1
If CInt(temp(i)) < Low Then Low = CInt(temp(i))
Next
Range("a2").Value = Low
if they are in a range you can use a formula
=MIN(A1:A4)

Answer 3

This question is pretty close to one previously asked:
VBA/EXCEL: extract numbers from one cell that contained multiple values with comma
If you take the code from that answer and replace the comma with whatever is separating your values, you will be able to get access to them in VBA. Then you can write code to find the minimum.

Answer 4

You can make a macro to split the values for each cell you selected and then check for the highest value. And a quick check to make sure you are not parsing all the empty rows (when you selected a column).
The macro below will set the highest value in the next column.
Sub lowest()
Dim Values As Variant
Dim LowestValue As Double
Dim a As Range
Set a = Selection
For Each Row In a.Rows
For Each Cell In Row.Cells
LowestValue = -1
Values = Split(Cell.Value, Chr(10))
For Each Value In Values
If LowestValue = -1 Then
LowestValue = Value
ElseIf Value < LowestValue Then
LowestValue = Value
End If
Next
Cells(Cell.Row, Cell.Column + 1).Value = LowestValue
If IsEmpty(Cell.Value) Then GoTo EndLoop
Next Cell
Next Row
EndLoop:
End Sub