When you dive into the world of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, you quickly realize how powerful its functions can be. One such function that you will find incredibly useful is the RANK function. This ...

As a child of the dark ages, I used the word rank to describe something that smelled rotten or suspicious. Rank in Microsoft Excel is, thankfully, totally different. In Excel, rank is a value that ...

Have you ever found yourself frustrated by Excel’s inability to handle ties in rankings without creating gaps in the sequence? Imagine analyzing employee salaries or sales performance, only to ...

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