RANK

Returns the rank of a specified value in a data set.

Sample usage

RANK(A2,A2:A100)

RANK(4,A2:A100,1)

Syntax

RANK(value, data, [is_ascending])

• value – The value whose rank will be determined.

  • If data does not contain value in any cell or element, RANK will return the #N/A error.

• data – The array or range containing the data set to consider.

• is_ascending – [ OPTIONAL – 0 by default ] Whether to consider the values in data in descending or ascending order.

  • If this is 0, the greatest value in data will have rank 1; if this is 1, the least value in data will have rank 1.

See also

SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a data set.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a data set.

PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a data set.

MINA: Returns the minimum numerical value in a data set.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numerical data set.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numerical data set.

MAXA: Returns the maximum numerical value in a data set.

MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numerical data set.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a data set.

AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Examples