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The SORT function in Excel sorts the contents of an array or range by columns or rows, in ascending or descending order. SORT belongs to the group of Dynamic array functions.

How to sort in Excel? Select a single cell in the column you want to sort. On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click. to perform an ascending sort (from A to Z, or smallest number to largest). Click. to perform a descending sort (from Z to A, or largest number to smallest).

The SORTBY function has a variable number of arguments - the first two are required and the other are optional: SORTBY(array, by_array1, [sort_order1], [by_array2, sort_order2],?) Array (required) - the range of cells or array of values to be sorted. By_array1 (required) - the range or array to sort by.

The SORT function sorts the contents of a range or array. In this example, we're sorting by Region, Sales Rep, and Product individually with =SORT(A2:A17), copied across cells F2, H2, and J2.

Absolute references refer to the specific column and row of a cell, which means the cell stays constant in the formula wherever you apply the formula. Absolute references keep cells constant. Formulas often use an absolute reference to refer to a specific value for multiple calculations.

Sort sees the sheet reference and decides, wrongly, that it isn't a reference to a cell on the same row within the data that is being sorted, so it treats it like a reference to a cell outside the area being sorted and moves the formula unchanged along with the item to its left.

The FILTER function allows you to filter a range of data based on criteria you define. In the following example we used the formula =FILTER(A5:D20,C5:C20=H2,"") to return all records for Apple, as selected in cell H2, and if there are no apples, return an empty string ("").