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Mike H Mike H is offline
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Default Simply Array Formula?

Hi,

Here's 2 ways and both assume your data are in A1:A20.

Put this in a cell and drag down to get the 3 largest numbers
=LARGE($A$1:$A$20,ROW(A1))

Or with conditional formatting. Select the range A1:A20

and apply a conditional format of
=A1=LARGE($A$1:$A$20,1)
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Add a second CF of
=A1=LARGE($A$1:$A$20,2)

And a third of
=A1=LARGE($A$1:$A$20,3)





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"Going Crazy with excel" wrote:

I have a column of numbers. Looking for an array formula that will identify
and highlite the "highest" three values. Does such an animal exist?