Excel - top 3 including negative
I've written a formula to find "top 3" in terms of impact, so looking at negative numbers too. The formula is this, and feels more convoluted than it should be. Does anyone know if there is something I'm missing that would make this easier?
To provide some explanation, right now I have two "large" functions that find the 3 largest and 3 lowest numbers. I then put those into a positive list and again find the top 3 but use the below formula to determine if the value should be negative or positive.
=ROUND(IF(INDEX($K$18:$K$23, MATCH(LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), $J$18:$J$23,0)) = "neg", -LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26)),0)
Data Negative?
150
75
50
350 neg
100 neg
25 neg
Result:
Rank Top 3
1 -350
2 150
3 -100
excel
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
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I've written a formula to find "top 3" in terms of impact, so looking at negative numbers too. The formula is this, and feels more convoluted than it should be. Does anyone know if there is something I'm missing that would make this easier?
To provide some explanation, right now I have two "large" functions that find the 3 largest and 3 lowest numbers. I then put those into a positive list and again find the top 3 but use the below formula to determine if the value should be negative or positive.
=ROUND(IF(INDEX($K$18:$K$23, MATCH(LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), $J$18:$J$23,0)) = "neg", -LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26)),0)
Data Negative?
150
75
50
350 neg
100 neg
25 neg
Result:
Rank Top 3
1 -350
2 150
3 -100
excel
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
134
add a comment |
I've written a formula to find "top 3" in terms of impact, so looking at negative numbers too. The formula is this, and feels more convoluted than it should be. Does anyone know if there is something I'm missing that would make this easier?
To provide some explanation, right now I have two "large" functions that find the 3 largest and 3 lowest numbers. I then put those into a positive list and again find the top 3 but use the below formula to determine if the value should be negative or positive.
=ROUND(IF(INDEX($K$18:$K$23, MATCH(LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), $J$18:$J$23,0)) = "neg", -LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26)),0)
Data Negative?
150
75
50
350 neg
100 neg
25 neg
Result:
Rank Top 3
1 -350
2 150
3 -100
excel
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
134
I've written a formula to find "top 3" in terms of impact, so looking at negative numbers too. The formula is this, and feels more convoluted than it should be. Does anyone know if there is something I'm missing that would make this easier?
To provide some explanation, right now I have two "large" functions that find the 3 largest and 3 lowest numbers. I then put those into a positive list and again find the top 3 but use the below formula to determine if the value should be negative or positive.
=ROUND(IF(INDEX($K$18:$K$23, MATCH(LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), $J$18:$J$23,0)) = "neg", -LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26), LARGE($J$18:$J$23,$J26)),0)
Data Negative?
150
75
50
350 neg
100 neg
25 neg
Result:
Rank Top 3
1 -350
2 150
3 -100
excel
excel
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
134
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
134
edited Nov 22 '18 at 11:23
Andrew Cina
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
134
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
Andrew CinaAndrew Cina
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asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:15
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