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Sorting not getting what I want

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    Sorting not getting what I want

    Hi I have got a worksheet with formulas that use data from other cells.
    I now want to sort on one of the columns but leave the results of the
    calculations in the cells of the other columns unchanged.

    A very simple version looks like this:

    A B C
    1 w 17 23
    2 d =C1 (ie 23) 99

    If I now sort on column A, how do I get the following result?

    A B C
    1 d =C2 99
    2 w 17 23

    Hope this makes sense.
    Thanks
    Rod

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    If I assume that there is loads more than 2 rows, this should help.
    Make another 2 columns, D and E
    D and E correspond to A and C respectively, D1 Formula is =A1,
    E1 =C1

    Sort columns D and E in ascending order by column D

    Make 3 more columns, F, G and H

    F formula =D1
    G formula =VLOOKUP(D1,A$1:B$10000,2) "This assumes you have 10000 rows"
    H formula =E1

    Drag every cell in row 1 down to where ever the table ends. The columns A, B and C that you want are now displayed in columns F, G and H respectively.

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