Because we added the ROW function, all values in column D are unique. If the third argument is 1, Excel ranks the smallest number first, second smallest number second, etc. Double click the lower right corner of cell C4 to quickly copy the formula to the other cells.Įxplanation: the RANK function returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers. Select cell C4 and insert the RANK function shown below.Ħ. If a cell contains an error (when a string cannot be found), an empty string ("") is displayed.ĥ. United States has a value of 1.00006 now and United Kingdom has a value of 1.00009. However, these small increments won't influence the search rankings. If we divide the row number by a large number and add it to the result of the SEARCH function, we always have unique values. Again, double click the lower right corner of cell D4 to quickly copy the formula to the other cells.Įxplanation: the ROW function returns the row number of a cell. To return unique values, which will help us when we use the RANK function in a moment, slightly adjust the formula in cell D4 as shown below.Ĥ. Both United States and United Kingdom return the value 1. The lower the number, the higher it should be ranked.ģ. For United States, string "uni" is found at position 1. For Tunisia, string "uni" is found at position 2. Double click the lower right corner of cell D4 to quickly copy the function to the other cells.Įxplanation: the SEARCH function finds the position of a substring in a string. Create an absolute reference to cell B2.Ģ. Select cell D4 and insert the SEARCH function shown below. To create this search box, execute the following steps.ġ.
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