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Sorting a table Zigzag manner

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    Red face Sorting a table Zigzag manner

    Hi, I've a table with a column like this.

    A
    A
    A
    B
    B
    B
    C
    C
    C

    I want to sort it like this.

    A
    B
    C
    A
    B
    C
    A
    B
    C

    Can I do that in Excel 2010...? Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Sorting a table Zigzag manner

    to sort a column like that assuming its starts a1 then use spare column for sorting by
    put in say b1
    =COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1) fill down
    then sort cols a and b by column b
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    Re: Sorting a table Zigzag manner

    Perfect ! Thanks a lot...

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