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S - 10 Dec 2007 21:27 GMT

Hi,
If I have an array of number, for instance grades(25,10,30,22), is there a
function that I could use to tell me which position of the array list
contains the smallest value? ie. in this case, it will return 1 as 10 is the
smallest value and its position in the array "grades" is 1.

Thanks.

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Bernard Liengme - 10 Dec 2007 21:37 GMT

With your numbers entered in A1:A4, the formula =MATCH(MIN(A1:A4),A1:A4,0)
returns 2 as the min value (10) is in the second (not first) position

Likewise, =MATCH(LARGE(A1:A4,3),A1:A4,0) returns 4 since the third largest
value (here 22) is in position 4.

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Alan Beban - 10 Dec 2007 22:30 GMT

> Hi,
> If I have an array of number, for instance grades(25,10,30,22), is there a
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> Thanks.

Since this is in the programming group, and because you referred to 10
as being in the 1 position in the array, I'll assume that grades is a
0-based array.

positionNumber=Application.Match(Application.Min(grades), grades, 0) - 1

Alan Beban

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S - 11 Dec 2007 01:13 GMT

Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I am looking for.

> > Hi,
> > If I have an array of number, for instance grades(25,10,30,22), is there a
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> Alan Beban

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