To extract and sort non-adjacent arrays in your data, nest the CHOOSECOLS or CHOOSEROWS functions inside your SORT or SORTBY ...

Not all sorts in Excel are alphabetical. Sometimes, you need to sort by an irregular set of terms, and when that happens, you need to create a custom sort. Here's how.

Click on Data in the toolbar and then on Sort , producing the screenshot at left. To reverse the order, click on Descending and then on OK . The process is different if each number is adjacent to, say ...