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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