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Inverse Ranking

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Edited on Mon 29 Apr 2013, 22:42

Julia has attended:
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PowerPoint Intermediate Advanced course

Inverse Ranking

Hello STL,
I have a range of figures I would like to rank.
The normal 'rank' function ranks them as the largest number =1, the second largest =2 etc.
However, I would like to rank it so the smallest number =1, the second smallest number =2 etc.
Is there a way to do this in a formula? I don't want to use sort etc afterwards; it has to be in the formula itself (as I'm combining it with a vlookup as the reference data moves about).

Any help will be greatly appreciated,

Julia

RE: Inverse Ranking

Hello Julia,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Excel advanced course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding Inverse Ranking.

By default the RANK function will rank data in descending order. You can change the order by adding a 1 as the third option of the formula. Descending is a zero which is the default, whilst a 1 is used for an order which is ascending.

I have attached a file to demonstate this.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

Attached files...

Rank example.xlsx

RE: Inverse Ranking

Brilliant, problem solved!
Thank you very much for getting back to me so quickly. I really appreciate it.
Julia


 

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