Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:15 am Post subject: Finding the resp. max or min values in a list of categories
Here is another problem that i am facing. Any way around this one ?
If i have a list as below
Category Marks Max
a1 -------- 16
a1 -------- 75
a1 -------- 47
a1 -------- 54
b1 -------- 76
b1 -------- 38
b1 -------- 97
c1 -------- 85
c1 -------- 88
c1 -------- 64
c1 --------72
c1 --------59
from the ablove list is there a manner by which we can use a formula to find the greatest in each category without having to manually specify the range for each category which can vary. somehow the formula should itself generate the range for each category.
Is this possible. I would be grateful for any help.
Thanks and Regards,
I dont think i want a pivot table. i nee d a formula that will give the max against each row value. then i have to use this value in a subsequent column which uses a formula to generate say a percentile. so i do not wish to do this using a pivot table. need to use a formula to generate the max value and then use that value to generate the percentile. also the category list can have more values and the range of a given category is also variable. for eg. in the example below, there are 4 values of a1, then 3 of b1 and 5 of c1 and so there can me more for say d1, e1 f1 etc. so the formula shud be such to take care of the range as well.
If i have a list as below
Category Marks Max -- percentile
a1 -------- 16 ----75 ----
a1 -------- 75 ----75 ----
a1 -------- 47 ----75 ----
a1 -------- 54 ----75 ----
b1 -------- 76 ----97
b1 -------- 38 ----97
b1 -------- 97 ----97
c1 -------- 85 --- 88
c1 -------- 88 --- 88
c1 -------- 64 --- 88
c1 -------- 72 --- 88
c1 -------- 59 --- 88
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