I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7 highest of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers are the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the next and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find it.

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7 highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find it.

T. Walko,

Thanks for the help. I got one more question? Can you by chance translate
into Quatro Pro form? I cant find a quattro pro help site anywhere!

Please let me know,
thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7 highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find it.

Sorry, haven't used QP since the mid 90's!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
T. Walko,

Thanks for the help. I got one more question? Can you by chance translate
into Quatro Pro form? I cant find a quattro pro help site anywhere!

Please let me know,
thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7
highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each
one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers
are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the
next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up
my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find
it.

T. Valko,

I tried the example you mention in Excel, and it didnt work. For the D1-D7
cells, all it returned was "TRUE". Then, in the E1-E7 cells it returned
"#NUM!".

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Sorry, haven't used QP since the mid 90's!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
T. Walko,

Thanks for the help. I got one more question? Can you by chance translate
into Quatro Pro form? I cant find a quattro pro help site anywhere!

Please let me know,
thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7
highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each
one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers
are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the
next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up
my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find
it.

Here's a small sample file that demonstrates this:

delete.xls 14kb

http://cjoint.com/?iFhvKXIgVr

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
T. Valko,

I tried the example you mention in Excel, and it didnt work. For the D1-D7
cells, all it returned was "TRUE". Then, in the E1-E7 cells it returned
"#NUM!".

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Sorry, haven't used QP since the mid 90's!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
T. Walko,

Thanks for the help. I got one more question? Can you by chance
translate
into Quatro Pro form? I cant find a quattro pro help site anywhere!

Please let me know,
thanks,
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7
highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of
each
one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers
are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the
next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess
up
my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant
find
it.

Did you try typing in the formulae? If so, you probably made a typing
error. Just copy the formulae from Biff's message & paste into the formula
bar for the relevant cells. And read his instructions carefully.
--
David Biddulph

"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
T. Valko,

I tried the example you mention in Excel, and it didnt work. For the D1-D7
cells, all it returned was "TRUE". Then, in the E1-E7 cells it returned
"#NUM!".

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Cory

....
"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7
highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of
each
one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers
are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the
next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess
up
my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant
find

T. Valko,

Hey, i just wanted to say that your first solution was the right one and it
worked!! Thanks so much. I just have one more question. Do you know how to do
the same thing for searching columns? I tried to do it using the same ideas
as the row functions, but it didnt work.

Thanks so much!!
Cory

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Numbers in the range A1:A20

Enter this formula in D1:

=LARGE(A$1:A$20,ROWS($1:1))

Enter this array formula** in E1:

=SMALL(IF(A$1:A$20=D1,ROW(A$1:A$20)),COUNTIF(D$1:D 1,D1))

Select both D1 and E1 and copy down a total of 7 rows or as needed.

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Cory from Eugene" wrote in
message ...
I have a column of numbers, and what I want to do is return the 7 highest
of
the numbers. Then, I want to be able to return the row number of each one
them. The only problem I have is, if two or more of the high numbers are
the
same, it will keep returning the same the row number, instead of the next
and
so on. And I CANT use the sort functions because I dont wanna mess up my
values

Any suggestions?

Please let me know. lol It's probably an easy answer, I just cant find it.