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Gary L Brown
 
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Default what is the underlying formula for the percentrank function

Hi Geff.
The PercentRank formula of...
PERCENTRANK(array,x,significance)
where...
array is the array or range of data with numeric values that defines
relative standing.
x is the value for which you want to know the rank.

comes from...
=(MATCH(x,array)-1)/(COUNTA(array)-1)

HTH,
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what is the underlying formula for the percentrank function