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You can create a pivot table that will count them and put them in order highest to lowest of occurence. See attached file. If you need help creating pivot table, I can provide more details. <br />
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This supplies all of them and just not the top two. I need to think some more about how to get just top two.<br />
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You can create a pivot table that will count them and put them in order highest to lowest of occurence. See attached file. If you need help creating pivot table, I can provide more details.

This supplies all of them and just not the top two. I need to think some more about how to get just top two.
Book1.xls [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/04_w14/565943/Book1.xls]

Book1.xls

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Closer to a solution - the pivot table now has rank<br />
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How to add rank to Pivot Table<br />
<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2010/11/02/add-rank-to-pivottable.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2010/11/02/add-rank-to-pivottable.aspx</a><br />
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New file with rank attached<br />
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Closer to a solution - the pivot table now has rank

How to add rank to Pivot Table
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2010/11/02/add-rank-to-pivottable.aspx [http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2010/11/02/add-rank-to-pivottable.aspx]

New file with rank attached
Book1.xls [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/04_w14/565950/Book1.xls]

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This worked like a charm!<br />
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Thanks both of you for answering!
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This worked like a charm!

Thanks both of you for answering!

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Hi experts,<br />
<br />
I have an excel file that I have been working for analyzing data and I have run into a wall.<br />
<br />
I need help developing the formula in Excel to return the 1st and 2nd most frequent numbers in a column based on the 1st and 2nd most frequent numbers in another column.<br />
<br />
Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for better explanation...<br />
<br />
To acquire the points for this question I will need a working formula<br />
<br />
Many thanks!<br />
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Example.xls

Hi experts,

I have an excel file that I have been working for analyzing data and I have run into a wall.

I need help developing the formula in Excel to return the 1st and 2nd most frequent numbers in a column based on the 1st and 2nd most frequent numbers in another column.

Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for better explanation...

To acquire the points for this question I will need a working formula

Many thanks!

Return 1st &amp; 2nd common column B numbers based on 1st &amp; 2nd common column A numbers

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Return 1st &amp; 2nd common column B numbers based on 1st &amp; 2nd common column A numbers

Return 1st & 2nd common column B numbers based on 1st & 2nd common column A numbers