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PERCENTILE

PERCENTILE —

Synopsis

PERCENTILE(array,k)

Description

PERCENTILE function returns the 100*k-th percentile of the given data points (that is, a number x such that a fraction k of the data points are less than x).

  • If array is empty, PERCENTILE returns #NUM! error.
  • If k < 0 or k > 1, PERCENTILE returns #NUM! error.
  • This function is Excel compatible.

Examples

Let us assume that the cells A1, A2, ..., A5 contain numbers 11.4, 17.3, 21.3, 25.9, and 40.1. Then

PERCENTILE(A1:A5,0.42) equals 20.02.

See also

QUARTILE.

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