You know, while I'm thinking of it, can anybody (I guess, particularly
RagDyeR, since you created it) sort of disect and explain these codes to me
so that I can understand what they do. I tried myself, but I'm not familiar
with several of the functions, and the Office Assistant didn't prove very
helpful.
For example:
=SMALL(Sheet1!$C$2:$C$6,ROW(A1))
What does "ROW" do and what is "A1" there for?
Also:
=INDEX(Sheet1!A$2:A$6,LARGE(IF(Sheet1!$C$2:$C$6=$C 2,ROW(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$5)),C
OUNTIF($C2:$C$6,$C2)))
For this one, I think I'd benefit from an explanation of the whole thing.
Also, RagDyeR told me I'd need to press Control+Shift+Enter instead of just
enter for this formula because it is an array formula and needs curly
brackets. I was wondering what the difference is if I don't use the curly
brackets. Why wouldn't it work? I know it doesn't work right. I made the
mistake of forgetting this, and JUST pressing enter after adding another
person and updating the formula, and it did not work. Why, though, does it
need curly brackets?
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Have a nice day!
~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy
"RagDyeR" wrote:
Thanks for the feed-back.
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RD
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"Paul (ESI)" wrote in message
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Wow! That did it exactly! Thank you so very much! I am somewhat shocked.
What
I was asking sounded way too complicated to me. I can't believe it was
actually do-able! Thank you!
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Have a nice day!
~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy
"RagDyer" wrote:
Try this.
Let's rank on *Sheet1*, in an adjoining column, say you use Column C.
In C2, enter this formula:
=RANK(B2,$B$2:$B$6)
And copy down to C6.
Now, on *Sheet2*, enter this formula in C2:
=SMALL(Sheet1!$C$2:$C$6,ROW(A1))
And copy down to C6.
NOW, enter this *array* formula on *Sheet2* in A2:
=INDEX(Sheet1!A$2:A$6,LARGE(IF(Sheet1!$C$2:$C$6=$C 2,ROW(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$5)),C
OUNTIF($C2:$C$6,$C2)))
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Array formulas are entered using CSE, <Ctrl <Shift <Enter, instead of
the
regular <Enter, which will *automatically* enclose the formula in curly
brackets, which *cannot* be done manually.
Then copy this formula across to B2, and then select A2 and B2, and drag
down to copy both to Row 6.
This should give you what you asked for.
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HTH,
RD
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"Paul (ESI)" wrote in message
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Awesome! Thanks, RagDyer! That worked wonderfully. Just one prolem,
though.
It doesn't work if two people have the same score. In my example, I
changed
it to give Batman and Willy Wonka a 95%. Since Batman came first, it
just
listed him ranked twice.
Also, is there a way to change it, in a case like this, to show both of
them
ranked the same if they are tied? For example, instead of one being 3
and
one
being 4, they'd both be 3. I think maybe I'm making things too
complicated
now, so I'll understand if this is not possible.
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~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy
"RagDyer" wrote:
Say your list is on Sheet1, A2:B6.
On Sheet2, starting in C2 to C6, enter:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Then, enter this formula in A2 of Sheet2:
=INDEX(Sheet1!$A$2:$B$6,MATCH(LARGE(Sheet1!$B$2:$B $6,$C2),Sheet1!$B$2:$B$6,0
),COLUMN(A:A))
Then copy this formula across to B2, and then select A2 and B2, and
drag
down to copy both to Row 6.
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RD
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"Paul (ESI)" wrote in message
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"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:
You need a column of formulas on your other worksheet (preferably
the
first column of your table)
that ranks the scores. Then you can extract any information using
VLOOKUP
formulas, linked to that
first column, along the lines of
=VLOOKUP(Row(A1),Scoring!$A$1:$J$100,COLUMN(A1),F ALSE)
Copy that down and across, and you will get the table from Scoring,
cells
A1:J100, sorted in order.
I'm not sure that I understand. What kind of formula would I need to
rank
the scores? That is part of my question to begin with. I'm trying to
figure
out how to get it to associate each score with an appropriate rank
based
on
the other scores. You've told me how to get it to list the way I
displayed
once I have them ranked, but I still don't understand how to assign
each
one
a rank to begin with. If you answered that, I don't understand.
"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:
Paul,
Oh, I also forgot to mention that you need to ensure that you have
a
tie-breaking mechanism in place
for the VLOOKUP solution (in my previous post) to work.
Just out curiosity, how would I do this? Oh, also, what if a tie
were
allowed in some of the fields? So, for example, say several people
could
be
tied for number one in average test score and attendance. Would
there
also
be
a way of doing this. Here is an example of what I'd want if that
were
the
case:
Student Test Grade Rank
Meep 100% 1
Batman 100% 1
Superman 100% 1
Willy Wonka 95% 4 (or 2, if that makes it easier)
Veruca Salt 43% 5 (or 3, if that makes it easier)
Also, just an interesting unrelated question open to all: I'm
interested
in
your opinion on a situation like the example above. When three
people
are
tied for number 1, does that make the next person down number 2, or
number
4?
Technically, it is the second highest score, but it is the fourth
ranked
person, it just so happens the first three are tied.
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Have a nice day!
~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy
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