Hi Chirs,

I dont think it is possible to from excel only we need to have a macro for 
this

regards
prince


On Friday, January 25, 2013 12:56:26 AM UTC+5:30, Chris wrote:
>
> Hey there -
>  
> a very simple problem that I'm trying to solve without any code if at all 
> possible. It's so simple that I don't even need to post a workbook:
>  
> Imagine you have two columns worth of data whereas the 2nd column is 100% 
> unique but items in column 1 will appear multiple times such as in this 
> list:
>  
> Column1       Column2
> Arkansas      Alpha
> Arkansas      Beta
> Arkansas      Gamma
> Florida       Echo
> Florida       Foxtrott
> Florida       Pi
> Georgia       Ben
> Georgia       Kyle
>  
> The task is to take the data above (copy & paste or whatever function 
> Excel 2010 offers) to resort the list by Column1 items vertically such as:
>  
> Arkansas     Florida     Georgia
> Alpha        Echo        Ben
> Beta         Foxtrott    Kyle
> Gamma        Pi
>  
> Pasting using traspose obviously doesn't work here. I was thinking pivots 
> maybe? Is there anything in Excel that does this kinda of sorting/changing 
> quickly?
>  
> Thanks,
> Chris
>

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