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

Excel can sort data in a spreadsheet in alphabetical or numerical order. Often, you'll just want to sort all of the data in a spreadsheet except for the header by the values in a certain column.

Click OK to copy the contents of the column. Now, you can sort the copied list by clicking any cell in it and choosing Sort from the Data menu. By default, Excel selects the Header Row option.

Column headers are identified by the letters A, B, C, D and so forth along the top of your spreadsheet. Click the "Sort Smallest to Largest" button to sort your numeric data in ascending order.

Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.