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

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.

How to Sort Multiple Rows and Columns in Excel. With Microsoft Excel's powerful sorting capabilities, you can enter unsorted data and let the software sort your data numerically, alphabetically or ...

Matching One Column Data with Another in Excel. If you don't have a keen eye and a perfect memory, you probably can't spot all the differences between two data columns in a large worksheet.

Right now, these functions return the first matching record for both companies. To get the last, reverse the data set by running a descending sort on the helper column you added.