moving cells to a predetermined order

Hello all:

I have a list of accounts that are downloaded to excel once a month. I then
need to reorder these accounts to group them according to client (as opposed
to how they come in # order) I have set the order that I need and would like
to be able to match the new information received to the order I prefer.

ex)

column A is the order I want. Columns B,C,D is the information I need to
re-sort

A B C D
1 p123 n452 client E $40.00
2 n452 v685 client C $135.00
3 r269 d863 client A $25.00
4 d863 p123 client B $82.00
5 v685 r269 clientd $75.00

I would like it to match column A like so:

A B C D
1 p123 p123 client B $82.00
2 n452 n452 client E $40.00
3 r269 r269 clientd $75.00
4 d863 d863 client A $25.00
5 v685 v685 client C $135.00

Is this possible in excel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
jw

It almost looks like you could sort column A (and not B:D) in ascending order.

Then sort B:D (don't include column A) by column B and they'll match up.

But it isn't quite the same order.

If that difference (d863 out of order) is a deal breaker, then maybe...

Use 3 additional columns E:G
In E1, put:
=A1 (it looks like it's the same)

In F1, put:
=vlookup(a1,B:D,2,false)

In G1, put:
=vlookup(a1,B:D,3,false)

And select E1:G1 and drag down.

Select E:G
edit|copy
edit|paste special|values
and delete columns B:D
(Well, after you verify that it's ok.)

Jonathan wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> I have a list of accounts that are downloaded to excel once a month. I then
> need to reorder these accounts to group them according to client (as opposed
> to how they come in # order) I have set the order that I need and would like
> to be able to match the new information received to the order I prefer.
>
> ex)
>
> column A is the order I want. Columns B,C,D is the information I need to
> re-sort
>
> A B C D
> 1 p123 n452 client E $40.00
> 2 n452 v685 client C $135.00
> 3 r269 d863 client A $25.00
> 4 d863 p123 client B $82.00
> 5 v685 r269 clientd $75.00
>
> I would like it to match column A like so:
>
> A B C D
> 1 p123 p123 client B $82.00
> 2 n452 n452 client E $40.00
> 3 r269 r269 clientd $75.00
> 4 d863 d863 client A $25.00
> 5 v685 v685 client C $135.00
>
> Is this possible in excel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> jw

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Dave Peterson