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LARGE
Values 120 800 100 120 250 Highest Value 2nd Highest Value 3rd Highest Value 4th Highest Value 5th Highest Value 800 250 120 120 100 =LARGE(C4:C8,1) =LARGE(C4:C8,2) =LARGE(C4:C8,3) =LARGE(C4:C8,4) =LARGE(C4:C8,5)

What Does It Do ? This function examines a list of values and picks the value at a user specified position in the list. Syntax =LARGE(ListOfNumbersToExamine,PositionToPickFrom) Formatting No special formatting is needed. Example The following table was used to calculate the top 3 sales figures between Jan, Feb and Mar. Sales North South East West Jan 5,000 5,800 3,500 12,000 Feb 6,000 7,000 2,000 4,000 12,000 10,000 7,000 Mar 4,500 3,000 10,000 6,000 =LARGE(D24:F27,1) =LARGE(D24:F27,2) =LARGE(D24:F27,3)

Highest Value 2nd Highest Value 3rd Highest Value

Note Another way to find the Highest and Lowest values would have been to use the =MAX() and =MIN() functions. Highest Lowest 12,000 2,000 =MAX(D24:F27) =MIN(D24:F27)