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Default Location of a the second biggest number in a range

Hi,

This is a logic problem - suppose the number 15 is the second largest number
and appears once. And suppose the number 14 is the 3rd largest number but it
appears 1000 times. Which one of the 1000 14's do you want to return the
address for? Or do you want to return all 1000 addresses?

I hope this clarifies the problem.
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Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Josh G" wrote:

Thanks Sean, that helps some. I'm still having a problem when there are two
equal values in the range, i.e. the second and third largest values are the
same. It is only returning one of the locations. Is there a good way to fix
that problem?

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

=MATCH(LARGE(A1:Z1,2),A1:Z1)

"Josh G" wrote:

I'm trying to find the cell location of the second biggest and third biggest
values in a range. I can find the values themselves with the LARGE formula,
but I haven't been able to figure out how to get the location. Any help
would be appreciated.