Rank Duplicate values

Clare1805

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I have a list of values (some are duplicates) which I need to rank.

The problem arises where I have more than one of any rank, the next rank skips a number. I need to have a list of sequential numbers and therefore can't have any numbers missing.

Example:
Value Rank Desired Rank
120 1 1
125 2 2
130 3 3
130 3 3
142 5 4

Any ideas?
 

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Hi,

With your list in A2:A9,

Try:

=RANK(A2,$A$2:$A$9,1)+COUNTIF($A$2:A2,A2)-1

in B2 dragged down.
 
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Thanks for the reply but this solution means that no two are ranked the same - I need the tied results to be the same number but the following number needs to be sequential. So, as per my previous example the rank of 3 would appear twice but would be followed by 4 (and not 5).

Is there a way to do this?
 
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I have a list of values (some are duplicates) which I need to rank.

The problem arises where I have more than one of any rank, the next rank skips a number. I need to have a list of sequential numbers and therefore can't have any numbers missing.

Example:
Value Rank Desired Rank
120 1 1
125 2 2
130 3 3
130 3 3
142 5 4

Any ideas?

This should work for an unsorted set:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(COUNTIF(OFFSET($A$1,,,ROW($A$1:$A$9)-ROW($A$1)+1),$A$1:$A$9)=1),--($A$1:$A$9<=A1))
 
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This should work for an unsorted set:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(COUNTIF(OFFSET($A$1,,,ROW($A$1:$A$9)-ROW($A$1)+1),$A$1:$A$9)=1),--($A$1:$A$9<=A1))

Would it be possible to edit the above formula so that it ranks the highest value in the array as 1, the second highest value in the array as 2 and so on? If I am not mistaken the formula ranks from lowest to highest....


Thanks!
 
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