Name

PERCENTRANK

Synopsis

Use PERCENTRANK to determine the rank of a specific number within a numeric list. The rank of the number is basically it position in the list if you were to sort the list in ascending order.

To Calculate

=PERCENTRANK(Number, Ref, Significance)

The Number and Ref arguments are required for this function. The Significance argument is optional.

Number

Indicates the number whose rank you want to find.

Ref

Indicates a list of numeric values. Any non-numeric values are ignored by PERCENTRANK.

Significance

Indicates the number of digits that the percentage value should be rounded to. If the value is omitted the default rounds the number to three digits.

Example

Figure 15-35 illustrates how PERCENTRANK is used to determine the rank of the number 45 within the array of values.

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