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Friday, August 01, 2008 – Permalink – Rank formattingHighlight the bestUse Conditional formatting to highlight the rank of items in a list. Select the range. Go to Format>Conditional Formatting.... Change the first box to "Formula Is". Enter the following formulas. (Click Add to set the 2nd and 3rd Condition.) =RANK($A2,$A$2:$A$13)=3 =RANK($A2,$A$2:$A$13)=2 =RANK($A2,$A$2:$A$13)=1  (Notice the three way tie for third.) Does a tie for first or third make sense? If you want a unique rank, try a formula like: =RANK(A2,$A$2:$A$13)+COUNTIF($A$2:A2,A2)-1 This will rank the numbers in the order they appear in the list. For a detailed discussion of ranking see: Chip Pearson: Ranking Data In Lists (There is a workbook you can download) [Edited entry from 4/11/2005] See all Topics Labels: Excel <Doug Klippert@ 2:40 AM |
