Need help with RANK function

[butters14]

Does anyone know how to rank a group of numbers without having exce
give 2 alike numbers the lower value instead of splitting th
difference between the 2 tied values? Say I'm ranking A1:A12 and two o
the cells "tie" for highest value. Instead of giving each cell a rank o
11.5, excel gives both 11. Does anyone know a workaround for this issue
I need the sum of the rankings to equal 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12 an
everytime there is a tie i lose a unit. Please help. :

 

[mangesh_yadav]

Instead of using the SUM function, use the following formula to
calculate your required sum:

=SUM(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COUNT(A1:A12))))

press control shift enter

no need to calculate the rank specially for summing purpose.


Mangesh

 

[Jerry W. Lewis]

Have you tried searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828678
may be relevant.

Jerry