# RANK

## Content

This function returns the rank of a number in a set of numbers. If you were to sort the set, the rank of the number would be its position in the list.

## Syntax

`RANK(number, ref, [order])`

## Arguments

This function has these arguments:

| Argument | Description |
| -------- | ----------- |
| *number* | [Required] Number whose rank you want to return |
| *ref* | [Required] Reference to the set of numbers |
| *order* | [Optional] How the number is ranked, either in descending order (0 or omitted) or ascending order (non-zero value) |

## Remarks

This function gives duplicate numbers the same rank. The presence of duplicate numbers affects the ranks of subsequent numbers. For example, in a list of integers, if the number 12 appears twice and has a rank of 4, then 13 would have a rank of 6 (no number would have a rank of 5).

## Examples

`RANK(B3,B1:B8,1)`
`RANK(R3C2,R1C2:R8C2,1)`