column A
1
3
5
4
2
6
7
8
9
4
3
1
2
and want to display them in column B…ie
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
6
7
8
9
Hello @josand,
It appears you are looking for something like:
Column U is nothing more than the sum of B through S. Column V uses the RANK function. From Help:
Syntax RANK(Value; Data; Type) Value is the value, whose rank is to be determined. Data is the array or range of data in the sample. Type (optional) is the sequence order. Type = 0 means descending from the last item of the array to the first (this is the default) Type = 1 means ascending from the first item of the range to the last.
The Total and Position will vary automatically as scores are entered.
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thanks for the swift reply…great, understandable answer.
Makes sense. I didn’t get the question. Thought it was just about sorting a column of numbers.
Copy column A to column B, then Data → Sort Ascending.
Edit: If the numbers need to be sorted using only a formula (“automatically”), then if we assume the numbers are in column A starting from A1, fill column B with =SMALL(A:A,ROW(A1))
that bit i understand however i would like it to be automatic please. i cannot work out the formula.
perhaps im not explaining correctly…
13 rows each with a score in columns A and B etc. These scores are added together and shown in another column say column X.
then these scores are to be transposed into positions in column say Z…
col A.......col B col C................col.X........col Z
row 1…6…6…5…17…2nd
row 2…5…7…4…16…1st
I added an answer for sorting using formulas. If this is not what you intended, perhaps you could be more clear?
thanks for the swift reply…great, understandable answer.