Sort rows. Sort row B by row A excel

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  1. Godfather189

    Godfather189 MDL Novice

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    Hi guys I am desperate believe me I need your help. I have to sort row B which is unsorted so that it looks the same like row A which is sorted. Data is the same but in different order .

    I have sorted row A:

    a321
    a123
    a526
    a978
    a654
    etc

    and unsorted row B with same values but in different order
    a654
    a321
    a978
    a123
    a526

    I want to sort row B so it look the same as the row A

    a321
    a123
    a526
    a978
    a654


    Can anybody help me? I have to finish it till tomorrow and If I will have to do this one by one I will be finished at the same time when I have to go to work. pls anybody??!
     
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  3. Godfather189

    Godfather189 MDL Novice

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    hm . .this is basic sorting . .I need advance sorting. . I've seen VB scripts for some similar sorts but I cant find the right one. But thx anyway :):)
     
  4. MasterDisaster

    MasterDisaster MDL Expert

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    I don't know how to do it but why don't you just copy column A to column B.
     
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  5. WCCobra

    WCCobra MDL Junior Member

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    You have three options.

    1. Sort column A and extend the sort to column B. In that case, column A will be sorted correctly, but column B will be unsorted (the the data will remain the same in each row).

    2. Sort column A and do not extend the sort to column B. Then, sort column B and do not extend the sort to column A. In that case, column A will be sorted correctly, column B will be sorted correctly, but each row will be jumbled (the the data will not remain the same in each row).

    3. Copy column A over to Column B... this is the simplified version of #2

    There is no way to sort column A and column B together at the same time.