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finding 3 largest and 3 smallest numbers in a spreadsheet
Hi. Im relatively new to excel formulas. Im trying to pull out the 3 largest and 3 smallest numbers in my spreadsheet. How do I do this/
You can use the LARGE and SMALL functions for this.
To return the 3 largest values in the range A1:Z100:
=LARGE(A1:Z100,{1,2,3})
And the three smallest:
=SMALL(A1:Z100,{1,2,3})
Warning: if there are ties, the results might be unexpected.
For this purpose there are the SMALL() and LARGE() functions. Together with the SEQUENCE() function, you can output all three values simultaneously or calculate them further.
=SMALL(A1:A20,SEQUENCE(3))
=LARGE(A1:A20,SEQUENCE(3))I have assumed that the data is available in A1:A20.
thank you!! And yes, you assumed correctly. It's a huge file