QUARTILE.EXC function

The QUARTILE.EXC function returns value nearest to a given quartile of a data set, exclusive of 0 and 4.

Parts of a QUARTILE.EXC function

QUARTILE.EXC(data, quartile_number)

Part	Description
data	The array or range containing the data set to consider.
quartile_number	This is which quartile value to return 1 returns the value in data closest to the first quartile (25% mark) 2 returns the value in data closest to the median (50% mark) 3 returns the value in data closest to the third quartile (75% mark)

Sample formulas

QUARTILE.EXC(A2:A100, 3)

QUARTILE.EXC(A2:A100, B2)

Notes

• If the quartile_number is not an integer, the number is truncated. 
• The quartile_number must be between 0 and 4, exclusive.
• Different from QUARTILE.INC, QUARTILE.EXC calculates quartile based on a quartile range exclusive of 0th and 4th quartile.

Examples

	A
1	data
2	6
3	7
4	15
5	36
6	39
7	40
8	41
9	42
10	43
11	47
12	49

 

	A	B	C
1	Quartile	Result	Formula
2	1	15	=QUARTILE.EXC(A2:A12, 1)
3	2	40	=QUARTILE.EXC(A2:A12, 2)
4	3	43	=QUARTILE.EXC(A2:A12, 3)

Related functions

• PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a data set.
• PERCENTILE.EXC: The PERCENTILE.EXC function returns the value at a given percentile of a data set, exclusive of 0 and 1.
• MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numerical data set.
• QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a data set.