I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Don,

Assuming you have a standard RANK formula in C, then in D1 add

=(C1*COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)+COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)-1)/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Something like:

=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2)*(COUNTI F(B$2:B$11,B2)-1)/2)/COUNT
IF(B$2:B$11,B2)

--

Vasant

"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Darn, you beat me to it; Bob!

Regards,

Vasant

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Don,

Assuming you have a standard RANK formula in C, then in D1 add


=(C1*COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)+COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)-1)/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Actually, Bob; yours seems to work differently from mine, so one of us has
misunderstood the OP's requirements! :)

--

Vasant


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
Darn, you beat me to it; Bob!

Regards,

Vasant

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Don,

Assuming you have a standard RANK formula in C, then in D1 add



=(C1*COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)+COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)-1)/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

I'll try both this eveining... it for my fantasy baseball
league comming up...


Thanks to both of you Bob and Vasant. I'll repost and let
you know how I make out.

-----Original Message-----
Something like:

=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2)*(COUNT IF
(B$2:B$11,B2)-1)/2)/COUNT
IF(B$2:B$11,B2)

--

Vasant

"Don" wrote in
message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have
the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in
this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two
teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three
or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to
provide....

Thanks,
Don



.

Yours is right Vasant, I forgot to invert for scores.

Regards

Bob

"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
Actually, Bob; yours seems to work differently from mine, so one of us has
misunderstood the OP's requirements! :)

--

Vasant


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
Darn, you beat me to it; Bob!

Regards,

Vasant

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Don,

Assuming you have a standard RANK formula in C, then in D1 add




=(C1*COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)+COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)-1)/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$11,C1)

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Van...

This seems to work great! I tested it using a few
different scenarios. Thank you. I certainly understand
how countif works, but how were you able to come up with
the logic...

I'll try your scenario as soon as I get a chance Bob....


-----Original Message-----
Something like:

=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2)*(COUNT IF
(B$2:B$11,B2)-1)/2)/COUNT
IF(B$2:B$11,B2)

--

Vasant

"Don" wrote in
message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have
the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in
this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two
teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three
or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to
provide....

Thanks,
Don



.

Don't bother :-). Vasant scored it which I failed to do.

Bob


wrote in message
...
Van...

This seems to work great! I tested it using a few
different scenarios. Thank you. I certainly understand
how countif works, but how were you able to come up with
the logic...

I'll try your scenario as soon as I get a chance Bob....


-----Original Message-----
Something like:

=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2)*(COUNT IF
(B$2:B$11,B2)-1)/2)/COUNT
IF(B$2:B$11,B2)

--

Vasant

"Don" wrote in
message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have
the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in
this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two
teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three
or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to
provide....

Thanks,
Don



.

On column C type
=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+IF(1/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$11,B2)<1,1/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$11,B2),0)
will take care of situations where there are more than 2 scores that tie
If there are 3 scores ranked then the above will add 0.333 toeach of them
and so on.


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Unfortunately, if there are 3 scores ranked the same then you would need to
add 1 to each of them (I made the same mistake in my first attempt!).

--

Vasant


"N Harkawat" wrote in message
...
On column C type

=RANK(B2,B$2:B$11,1)+IF(1/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$11,B2)<1,1/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$11,B2),
0)
will take care of situations where there are more than 2 scores that tie
If there are 3 scores ranked then the above will add 0.333 toeach of them
and so on.


"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

Hi,

Also, this ARRAY formula:

=AVERAGE(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,"<"&B2)+ROW(INDIRECT("1: "&COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2))))

Regards,

Daniel M.

"Don" wrote in message
...
I believe a need a slighly modifed version of the RANK
function.

Here is the scenario....

I have three columns A,B,C with Name, Score and Points.
Points given are based upon ranking. So, if you have the
highest score, you get the most amount of points. The
rank formula in the first relevant row is =RANK
(B2,$b$2:$b$11,1). This works nicely unless there is a
TIE in a score.

If there are 4 participants and a tie for second, the
resulting points(rankings) would be 4, 2, 2, 1. This is
not what I want. I want to distribute all the points
amongst all the tied players, so that each player in this
scenario would receive 2.5 points. I hope I am making
sense here.

There are also two things to keep in mind
(1) The scores will not necessarily be sorted, because
there are many categories to score
(2) Although unlikely, there could be more than two teams
tied, so points might need to be divided amongst three or
more teams.

Thanks for any insight anyone mihgt be able to provide....

Thanks,
Don

=AVERAGE(COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,"<"&B2)+ROW(INDIRECT("1: "&COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2))))


Maybe this one (not an ARRAY formula) :

=COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,"<"&B2)+(1+COUNTIF(B$2:B$11,B2))/2

Regards,

Daniel M.