Returning next match to a equal value in a column

Question

I often need to search through columns to find the match to values and then return the according value. My issue is that INDEXand MATCHalways return t

Answer 1

In B2 use the following standard formula,

=IFERROR(LARGE(E$2:E$8, ROW(1:1)), "")

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In C2 use the following standard formula,

=INDEX(D$2:D$8, AGGREGATE(15, 6, ROW($1:$7)/(E$2:E$8=B2), COUNTIF(B$2:B2, B2)))

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[Optional] - Repair the ranking in column A.

In A2 use the following formula,

=SUMPRODUCT((B$2:B$8>=B2)/(COUNTIFS(B$2:B$8, B$2:B$8&"")))

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