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Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest, third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB
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Use the LARGE() function.


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"gkb" wrote:

Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest, third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB

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Hi,

Thank you.
I did try this formula... and got the desired result. But I am not able to
paste this formual in all cells. There is some "array" formula working here...

=LARGE($A$1:$C$1,1)

Hope you will get me a solution to this also.

Thank you once again

gkb

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Use the LARGE() function.


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"gkb" wrote:

Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest, third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB

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"gkb" wrote:
.. But I am not able to paste this formula in all cells ..
=LARGE($A$1:$C$1,1)


Try it this way ..
Assuming data in cols A to C from row1 down
Put in D1: =LARGE(A:A,ROW(A1))
Copy D1 across to F1, then fill down as far as required
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Hi Gary,

On its own, the LARGE() function returns the nth largest value (where n is
the second argument in the function), not the column reference.

Assuming you want the column references in all cases and A1 is your top-left
data row:
In Cell D1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,2),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A 1:$C1,0))))
In Cell E1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,2),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,2)=LARGE($A1:$C1 ,3),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A 1:$C1,0)))))
In Cell F1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,2)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3),$A 1:$C1,0))))
Copy down as far as needed.

Cheers

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"gkb" wrote in message
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Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest,

third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right

formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB





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try
=LARGE($A1:$C1,column()-3)

"gkb" wrote:

Hi,

Thank you.
I did try this formula... and got the desired result. But I am not able to
paste this formual in all cells. There is some "array" formula working here...

=LARGE($A$1:$C$1,1)

Hope you will get me a solution to this also.

Thank you once again

gkb

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Use the LARGE() function.


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"gkb" wrote:

Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest, third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB

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I pasted
=LARGE($A1:$C1,1) in D1
=LARGE($A1:$C1,2) in E1
=LARGE($A1:$C1,3) in F1
I Selected D1 through F1 and filled down for 6 rows. It did what I think you
want except for the equals thing. I think that can be handled with an if
statement.
Lou

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Gary,

On its own, the LARGE() function returns the nth largest value (where n is
the second argument in the function), not the column reference.

Assuming you want the column references in all cases and A1 is your top-left
data row:
In Cell D1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,2),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A 1:$C1,0))))
In Cell E1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,2),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,2)=LARGE($A1:$C1 ,3),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A 1:$C1,0)))))
In Cell F1, use:
=IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,1)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
(ABC)",IF(LARGE($A1:$C1,2)=LARGE($A1:$C1,3),"Equal
("&CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,2),$A1:$C1,0))&CHAR (64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3)
,$A1:$C1,1))&")",CHAR(64+MATCH(LARGE($A1:$C1,3),$A 1:$C1,0))))
Copy down as far as needed.

Cheers

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"gkb" wrote in message
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Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest,

third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right

formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB




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Hi "bj"

Thanks a ton.

I am still trying. Hopes it works.

gkb

"bj" wrote:

try
=LARGE($A1:$C1,column()-3)

"gkb" wrote:

Hi,

Thank you.
I did try this formula... and got the desired result. But I am not able to
paste this formual in all cells. There is some "array" formula working here...

=LARGE($A$1:$C$1,1)

Hope you will get me a solution to this also.

Thank you once again

gkb

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Use the LARGE() function.


--
Gary's Student


"gkb" wrote:

Hi

Can someone help me to find out and place the highest, second highest, third
highest and so on in group of numbers in a sheet?

For example:

QUESTION:
A B C D E F
1004 1004 1004
1518 1517 797
1332 1320 1500
1337 1337 1004
1337 1337 1000
1940 560 1560

I need to find out which is highest, second highest and third highest from
A,B & C and the D, E & F columns should display Highest, Second Highest,
Third Highest accordingly. Where the numbers are equal, i need a display
Equal(AB) or Equal(BC) or Equal (ABC) as the case depends.

I might be overthinking on this, but I am just not getting the right formula.

If someone could please help on this... please

GKB

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