One way

=MAX(IF(A1:A6<=10000,A1:A6))

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Purfleet" wrote in message
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I have a list of numbers and i need to either highlight (using conditional
formatting)or display in another cell the nearest number under 10000

i.e

9854
9752
11254
10987
9974 <---------
10025

Help!!!!!