Question

Given an Excel file with three columns (similar to this): Group, Number and Rank.

Within the each group he must rank the values from smallest to greatest. If the values match they get the same ranking. So if a value is the largest, the rank would be 1. If it was the second largest, the rank would be 2 and so on.

Then this process should restart for the second set of values. How can this task be accomplished? Maybe using arrays/bubble sort?—but I’m not sure that’s the right approach.

Answer 1

I think I have the solution you are looking for – I had to do it in three columns though.

Assuming you have the group in column A and the score in volumn B; you are going to want to sort first by group and then by score.

Then you are going to want to go ahead and put the previously mentioned formula in column C2:

=SUMPRODUCT(($A$2:$B$25=A2)*($B$2:$B$25>B2))+1

Then autofill that down.

Then you are going to want to put a counter in cell D2:

=IF(COUNTIFS($A$2:A2,A2,$B$2:B2,B2)=1,0,1)

Then autofill that down.

Then you are going to want to put this equation in cell E2:

=IF(C2<>C1,C2-SUMIF($A$2:A2,A2,$D$2:$D$25),C2)

Then autofill that down.

There might be a simpler/better way to do this – but this will definitely give you what you are looking for: