yogi_Conditionally Format First Instance Of Smallest 3 Values In Range C3 to P3

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Yogi Anand, D.Eng, P.E.      ANAND Enterprises LLC -- Rochester Hills MI     www.energyefficientbuild.com.   Oct-03-2015

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Smallest 3 values without duplicates
Hello,

I'm using three conditional formatting rules to find the smallest 3 values in a row and change the background to red.

C3:P3 equal to =SMALL($C$3:$P$3,1)

C3:P3 equal to =SMALL($C$3:$P$3,2)

C3:P3 equal to =SMALL($C$3:$P$3,3)

It works fine until you have a duplicate number.

So if the row had 1,2,3,4,5 the first three would highlight red.

If the row had 1,2,3,3,5 it would highlight 1&2 and both the 3s.

Is there a way to highlight only the first occurrence of a number if there are duplicates?

Thanks in advance

Matt

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