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Excel Ranking Pre-Set Limits

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    Red face Excel Ranking Pre-Set Limits

    I am trying to rank a column of data (dollar amounts) that will return the ranks within specific high/low limits. If I my table has 50 items and I use the RANK feature, the items will be ranked 1 to 50, or 50 to 1, depending on the selection criteria. What I want to do is Rank these items but with pre-set limits. For instance, the lowest item would be ranked a -5.00 while the highest number would be ranked 5.00. No item's rank would fall outside these limits, and all would have a different rank (4.99, -4.96, 1.26, etc.). How can I accomplish this? Thanks.

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    Pete_UK
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    Re: Excel Ranking Pre-Set Limits

    As your rank values fall in the range 1 to 50, and you want to
    transform this range to -5 to +5 (a range of 10), you need to divide
    your rank values by 5 and then subtract 5 from the result. Consequently
    the cells that have your rank formula in at the moment can be changed
    to:

    =(your_rank_formula)/5 -5

    You won't get a rank of 4.99, as the increments will be in steps of
    0.2. The lowest rank will be -4.8.

    Hope this helps.

    Pete


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