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Exploring Microsoft Excel’s Hidden Treasures

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243948
Pages 444 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
David Ringstrom David Ringstrom
Profile icon David Ringstrom

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Improving Accessibility
2. Chapter 1: Implementing Accessibility 3. Chapter 2: Disaster Recovery and File-Related Prompts 4. Chapter 3: Quick Access Toolbar Treasures 5. Chapter 4: Conditional Formatting 6. Part 2:Spreadsheet Interactivity and Automation
7. Chapter 5: Data Validation and Form Controls 8. Chapter 6: What-If Analysis 9. Chapter 7: Automating Tasks with the Table Feature 10. Chapter 8: Custom Views 11. Chapter 9: Excel Quirks and Nuances 12. Part 3: Data Analysis
13. Chapter 10: Lookup and Dynamic Array Functions 14. Chapter 11: Names, LET, and LAMBDA 15. Chapter 12: Power Query 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

The SORT function

In Figure 10.13, I clicked on cell D3 and then clicked on Sort Largest to Smallest on the Data tab of Excel’s ribbon. The =SORT(B3:E12) formula in cell G3 shows the list sorted back into alphabetical order again. In this case, the SORT function is spilling results into columns H:J and rows 4:12:

Figure 10.13 – The SORT function

The SORT function has the following arguments:

  • Array – The range of cells that you wish to sort, which, in this case, is cells B3:E12.

Tip

Make sure that you don’t include your heading row in the array; otherwise, you’ll most likely sort the column headings into the body of your list.

  • Sort_index – An optional column position that you wish to sort on. In this case, I omitted this argument, but I’ll show you an example later.
  • Sort_order – This optional argument defaults to 1, which indicates you want to sort in ascending order, or you...
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