RANK ABSOLUTE NUMBER AND WITHOUT GAP

[M&M]

The value that I need to rank include positive and negative number. I need
to treat them all absolute value and also need to rank without gap.

VALUE RANK RESULT
-15 6
14 5
13 4
-12 3
-10 2
9 1
-9 1

Any ideas?

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

If you pull the absolute value out to another column

=ABS(A2)

and drag down then you can use this formula

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2>$A$2:$A$8),1/COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,$A$2:$A$8&""))+1

I'm sure it can be done without a helper column but I can't see it for the
moment.

Mike

 

[M&M]

Yes, I understand I can do it with the formula Mike suggested but I am trying
to find a solution without a helper column.

 

[Harlan Grove]

Yes, I understand I can do it with the formula Mike suggested but I am trying
to find a solution without a helper column. ....

....

If the VALUE column is sorted in descending absolute value, then if
the result table had -15 in cell A2, try

B2 [array formula]:
=SUM(1/MMULT(--(ABS(A2:A8)=TRANSPOSE(ABS(A2:A8))),ROW(A2:A8)^0))

B3:
=D2-(ABS(A3)<ABS(A2))

Fill B3 down as far as needed.

If the VALUE column were unsorted, it gets trickier. Try

B2 [array formula]:
=SUM((ABS(A$2:A$8)<=ABS(A2))/(MMULT(--(ABS(A$2:A$8)=TRANSPOSE(ABS(A$2:A
$8))),
--(ABS(A$2:A$8)<=ABS(A2)))+(ABS(A$2:A$8)>ABS(A2))))

Fill B2 down as far as needed.