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Is there any way to sort a list into tuples as defined by a priority list in Excel?



For example I would do a draw to get priorities:



Banana -> 1
Apple -> 2
Tomato -> 3


And I have sheet of randomly ordered data:



Tomato
Banana
Banana
Tomato
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Banana
Banana


Now I want to sort into tuples by the priority list to get this result:



Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Tomato
Banana
Banana


The tuples are complete to the extent values exist in the data list.










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  • Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

    – Excellll
    Nov 1 '15 at 1:59











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    – Raystafarian
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1















Is there any way to sort a list into tuples as defined by a priority list in Excel?



For example I would do a draw to get priorities:



Banana -> 1
Apple -> 2
Tomato -> 3


And I have sheet of randomly ordered data:



Tomato
Banana
Banana
Tomato
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Banana
Banana


Now I want to sort into tuples by the priority list to get this result:



Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Tomato
Banana
Banana


The tuples are complete to the extent values exist in the data list.










share|improve this question

























  • Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

    – Excellll
    Nov 1 '15 at 1:59











  • With or without VBA?

    – Raystafarian
    Nov 2 '15 at 16:02














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Is there any way to sort a list into tuples as defined by a priority list in Excel?



For example I would do a draw to get priorities:



Banana -> 1
Apple -> 2
Tomato -> 3


And I have sheet of randomly ordered data:



Tomato
Banana
Banana
Tomato
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Banana
Banana


Now I want to sort into tuples by the priority list to get this result:



Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Tomato
Banana
Banana


The tuples are complete to the extent values exist in the data list.










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Is there any way to sort a list into tuples as defined by a priority list in Excel?



For example I would do a draw to get priorities:



Banana -> 1
Apple -> 2
Tomato -> 3


And I have sheet of randomly ordered data:



Tomato
Banana
Banana
Tomato
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Banana
Banana


Now I want to sort into tuples by the priority list to get this result:



Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Apple
Tomato
Banana
Tomato
Banana
Banana


The tuples are complete to the extent values exist in the data list.







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  • Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

    – Excellll
    Nov 1 '15 at 1:59











  • With or without VBA?

    – Raystafarian
    Nov 2 '15 at 16:02



















  • Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

    – Excellll
    Nov 1 '15 at 1:59











  • With or without VBA?

    – Raystafarian
    Nov 2 '15 at 16:02

















Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

– Excellll
Nov 1 '15 at 1:59





Welcome to Super User! It's not clear to me how these priorities are being applied. Can you explain how the priorities lead to that output?

– Excellll
Nov 1 '15 at 1:59













With or without VBA?

– Raystafarian
Nov 2 '15 at 16:02





With or without VBA?

– Raystafarian
Nov 2 '15 at 16:02










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Assuming your "randomly ordered data" started at B1, put these formulas :



C1  ---->  =COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)+INDEX({1,2,3},MATCH(B1,{"Banana","Apple","Tomato"},0))/10
D1 ----> =RANK(C1,C:C,1)
F1 ----> =ROW()
G1 ----> =INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F1,D:D,0))


and drag downwards. done.



idea : use rank() with countif() & index-match to generate the intended major & minor sequence(s).



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    Assuming your "randomly ordered data" started at B1, put these formulas :



    C1  ---->  =COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)+INDEX({1,2,3},MATCH(B1,{"Banana","Apple","Tomato"},0))/10
    D1 ----> =RANK(C1,C:C,1)
    F1 ----> =ROW()
    G1 ----> =INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F1,D:D,0))


    and drag downwards. done.



    idea : use rank() with countif() & index-match to generate the intended major & minor sequence(s).



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      Assuming your "randomly ordered data" started at B1, put these formulas :



      C1  ---->  =COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)+INDEX({1,2,3},MATCH(B1,{"Banana","Apple","Tomato"},0))/10
      D1 ----> =RANK(C1,C:C,1)
      F1 ----> =ROW()
      G1 ----> =INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F1,D:D,0))


      and drag downwards. done.



      idea : use rank() with countif() & index-match to generate the intended major & minor sequence(s).



      Hope it solves. ( :






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        Assuming your "randomly ordered data" started at B1, put these formulas :



        C1  ---->  =COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)+INDEX({1,2,3},MATCH(B1,{"Banana","Apple","Tomato"},0))/10
        D1 ----> =RANK(C1,C:C,1)
        F1 ----> =ROW()
        G1 ----> =INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F1,D:D,0))


        and drag downwards. done.



        idea : use rank() with countif() & index-match to generate the intended major & minor sequence(s).



        Hope it solves. ( :






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        Assuming your "randomly ordered data" started at B1, put these formulas :



        C1  ---->  =COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)+INDEX({1,2,3},MATCH(B1,{"Banana","Apple","Tomato"},0))/10
        D1 ----> =RANK(C1,C:C,1)
        F1 ----> =ROW()
        G1 ----> =INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F1,D:D,0))


        and drag downwards. done.



        idea : use rank() with countif() & index-match to generate the intended major & minor sequence(s).



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