if your list in a1:a10 then try this with CSE (ctrl+shift+Enter)
=MAX(IF(A1:A10<>MAX(A1:A10),A1:A10))



On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:31 AM, dguillett1 <dguille...@gmail.com> wrote:

>   Although the ORIGINAL post said nothing about DUPLICATES
> Using your sample, In P1
> =LARGE(O:O,1)
> and in P2
> =SMALL(O:O,COUNTIF(O:O,"<="&Q1)-ROW(A2))
> copied down
>
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com
>
>  *From:* Asa Rossoff <a...@lovetour.info>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:29 PM
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* RE: $$Excel-Macros$$ How to Extract the Second Biggest number
> from a list of numbers
>
>
> Hi Don,****
>
> If you mean each row will show the 1st, 2nd, 3rd largest, etc.,
> disregarding duplicates…. doesn't work for me.****
>
> ****
>
> Tested with this somewhat arbirtary data set:****
>
> 1****
>
> 1****
>
> 1****
>
> 5****
>
> 5****
>
> 8****
>
> 9****
>
> 9****
>
> 11****
>
> 11****
>
> ****
>
> Your formulas return:****
>
> *11*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *8*
>
> *5*
>
> *5*
>
> *5*
>
> *1*
>
> *1*
>
> *1*
>
> *1*
>
> ****
>
> (Even more values than were in the original list)****
>
> Asa****
>
> ****
>
> *From:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> excel-macros@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *dguillett1
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:45 AM
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ How to Extract the Second Biggest number
> from a list of numbers****
>
> ****
>
> or this copied down****
>
> =SMALL(I:I,FREQUENCY(I:I,MAX(I:I)-(ROW(A1)-1)))****
>
>  ****
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Haseeb Avarakkan <haseeb.avarak...@gmail.com> ****
>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 1:04 PM****
>
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com ****
>
> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ How to Extract the Second Biggest number
> from a list of numbers****
>
>  ****
>
> You can also use SMALL function like,
>
> =SMALL(A:A,FREQUENCY(A:A,MAX(A:A)-1))
>
> will give the 2nd largest number, even if you have duplicate or not.
>
> ___________
> HTH, Haseeb
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