How to Ignore Blank Cells in Query using Query function

To ignore blank cells in a query using the Query function in Google Sheets, you can use the following steps:

  1. Open your Google Sheet with the data you want to filter.
  2. Determine the range of cells you want to query. For example, if you have data in cells A1 to D10, your range would be A1:D10.
  3. Use the QUERY() function and include a WHERE clause with a condition to ignore blank cells. For example, if you want to ignore blank cells in column B, you can use the following formula:
=QUERY(A1:D10, "SELECT * WHERE B is not null", 1)

This formula will return all rows where the value in column B is not empty.

Example

Let's assume you have the following data in cells A1 to D5:

A       B       C       D
-------------------------
Name    Age     City    Score
Alice   25      London  85
Bob             Paris   90
Charlie 30      Madrid  88
David   35      Berlin  92

To ignore the blank cells in column B (Age), you can use the following formula:

=QUERY(A1:D5, "SELECT * WHERE B is not null", 1)

The result will be:

Name    Age     City    Score
-----------------------------
Alice   25      London  85
Charlie 30      Madrid  88
David   35      Berlin  92

As you can see, the row with Bob is not included in the result since the Age cell (B2) is empty.

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