You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"pateodoro" wrote in message
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Hi T. Valko,

Thanks a lot for your help! Your suggestion works perfectly! :-)

Regards,

Patricia

"T. Valko" escreveu:

Assuming there are at least 2 entries for each group...

Array entered** in C1:

=--(B1=LARGE(IF(A$1:A$8=A1,B$1:B$8),2))

Copy down as needed

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

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"pateodoro" wrote in message
...
A B C
1 Lisbon 25
2 Lisbon 13
3 Lisbon 5
4 Lisbon 95
5 Lisbon 4
6 Paris 100
7 Paris 23
8 Paris 45


This is my example - and I want to find a way to simplify the
calculations
because I have a list of more than 1800 rows! ?

I want to write a conditional function that result in something like
this:
on C1 I want to say that if B1 is the 1st or 2nd largest number of the
"Lisbon group" (which has 5 rows) it should write 1, otherwise 0; on C2
I
want to say that if B2 is the 1st or 2nd largest number of the "Lisbon
group"
(which has 5 rows) it should write 1, otherwise 0. and so on.

And I want to apply the same condition on "Paris group" which has 3
rows.

That's why I was trying to use the VLOOKUP function - I pretend to
"say"
that on the range of numbers associated to Lisbon please tell me if B1
is
the
1st or 2nd largest number.

I am not sure if I explained myself quite well. I tried to simplify the
example.

Thanks anyway for your help!


"T. Valko" escreveu:

=IF(F12=LARGE(VLOOKUP(D12;$D$12:$F$30;3;FALSE);1) ;1;0)

For the nth number you need to compare it agaisnt other numbers. As is
you're not doing that for anything other than the largest value which
is
a
1:1 comparison. If you're looking for the 2nd largest value then you
need
at
least a 1:2 comparison.

You need to replace VLOOKUP with something that returns an array of
numbers.
VLOOKUP returns just a single element which is why the LARGE(...,1)
works.
It's a 1:1 comparison.

Need a more detailed explanation to figure out what to suggest.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"pateodoro" wrote in message
...
I am trying to use LARGE function with VLOOKUP function and except
for
the
case where k=1, I am getting a "#NUM!" message.

The idea is to use a conditional function (like IF) and the logical
test
is
to evaluate if certain number is 1st, 2nd or 3rd of a group of
values.
But
the group of values is not "stable", i.e. the number of arguments to
compare
with varies according to a text criteria. That's why I am using the
VLOOKUP.

So, the formula I used is the following:

=IF(F12=LARGE(VLOOKUP(D12;$D$12:$F$30;3;FALSE);1); 1;0)

Column F has numbers
Column D has text

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?