<<<"but it’s not working as I thought that it should.">>>

Just exactly how *should* it work?

Run these 2 elementary rank formulas, and post back with what they're *not*
doing, that you would like them to do.
Maybe that way a better understanding of your wishes can be achieved.

=RANK(N2,N$2:N$5)
=RANK(N2,N$2:N$5,1)
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Regards,

RD

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"Jeana" <Jeana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don’t understand this rank function. I need some help please. I have
> looked up the site that has been recommended
> (http://www.cpearson.com/excel/rank.htm) and that helped somewhat, but I
> guess I just don’t understand all of it.
>
> I would like to use the function to see a set of numbers in column and
> rank
> those numbers in ascending order. My function looks like:
> =COUNT(N$2:N$13)-(RANK(N2,N$2:N$5)+COUNTIF(N$2:N2,N2))+2, but it’s not
> working as I thought that it should. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>