Calculating closest x,y co ordinate from a list

[turbojon]

Hello

I have a list of names and their respective 'entry' saved as X,Y co ordinates.

I am struggling to find the correct formula to display a list of 20 people who are closest to the winning co ordinates. Lets say the winning co ordinates are 1332,169. I want to be able to find the top 20 people who were closest to those winning co ordinates from a list.

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this list has mock data in by the way.

Is there anyway I can search through to see the closest 20 entries?

[AliGW]

Welcome to the forum!

Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook? We are not able to work with or manipulate a picture of one.

1. Make sure that your sample data are REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

2. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

3. Make sure that all confidential data is removed or replaced with dummy data first (e.g. names, addresses, E-mails, etc.).

4. Try to avoid using merged cells as they cause lots of problems.

Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment, so to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

Please pay particular attention to point 2 (above): without an idea of your intended outcomes, it is often very difficult to offer appropriate advice.

[sandy666]

Maybe something like this but without an attachment (xlsx|xlsm - not a picture, and data BEFORE and AFTER) it's hard to say anything more

[turbojon]

attached is the mock data with the intended results..

[turbojon]

sandy i think your solution is quite elegant! how would one adjust the yellow drop down bar to include say 1000 records? Really appreciate your help

[AliGW]

Here's another solution using a helper column in H.

Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit

	H
2	=ABS(F2-$J$1)+ABS(G2-$K$1)

Sheet: data

Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit

	J
5	=INDEX(B:B,MATCH(SMALL(H:H,1),H:H,0))&" "&INDEX(C:C,MATCH(SMALL(H:H,1),H:H,0))
6	=INDEX($B:$B,MATCH(SMALL($H:$H,COLUMNS($I6:J6)),$H:$H,0))&" "&INDEX($C:$C,MATCH(SMALL($H:$H,COLUMNS($I6:J6)),$H:$H,0))

Sheet: data

The formula in H2 can be copied down and the one in J6 copied across.

[AliGW]

As a footnote, since you haven't told us what your expected outcome is, i.e. who you think the top 5 are, we have each interpreted the word 'closest' in a different way. In my solution, I've calculated the sum of the difference between the coordinates to work out a point score for each player, and then listed the five with the closest amalgamated scores. It would help if you told us what your definition of 'closest' is.

[sandy666]

sandy i think your solution is quite elegant! how would one adjust the yellow drop down bar to include say 1000 records? Really appreciate your help

Change reference from 56 to 1000

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[sandy666]

Thanks for rep, but

If that takes care of your original question, please select Thread Tools from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED. Thanks.

[AliGW]

Yes, thanks for the rep. I'd also like to know whose interpretation of your requirement was correct - mine or Sandy's? Thanks.