Rank & Rank.EQ function - Array reference error

问题

_Background:

Short question on the use of array references within RANK or RANK.EQ function.

Both function got the following parameters: ....(number,ref,[order])

Ms.Documentation about the Ref parameter within RANK and RANK.EQ:

"Ref Required. An array of, or a reference to, a list of numbers. Nonnumeric values in ref are ignored."

Also, other websites I would normally highly recommend, would state that the use of an array or list is possible within the Ref parameter.

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_{Sample data:}

| Rank1 | Rank2 | Overall |
|-------|-------|---------|
| 1     | 3     |         |
| 1     | 1     |         |
| 3     | 2     |         |

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_{Tried function:}

According to the documentation, the following in C2 should work:

=RANK(A2+B2,INDEX(A$2:A$4+B$2:B$4,))

This evaluates to (using the build-in function):

=RANK(4,{4,2,5})

However returns, #VALUE error.

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_Question:

Can we state that only range references work as the Ref parameter and arrays simply don't work? Or am I missing some important piece of information here? Any canonical answer is welcome, I just want to make sure my hypothesis is correct.

For this specific case, to replicate the RANK, I would instead have to use something like:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(($A$2:$A$4+$B$2:$B$4)<(A2+B2)))+1

回答1:

Arrays don't work. They never have either, to the best of my recollection; the documentation is just wrong.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59374601/rank-rank-eq-function-array-reference-error