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Order function for two cells. Combined into one

I have 2 alpha cells and I want a third cell to combine the 2 with the letters to be in order by cell. Ie if I have “DEC” in the first cell and “ABF” I the second cell I want the third to read “ABF DEC”

i have this code to combine but need to order them: ""&1stCell&""&" "&""&2ndCell&""

where the 1stCell and 2ndCell is the actual cell code

please help

iPad, iPadOS 17

Posted on Oct 29, 2024 8:17 AM

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Oct 29, 2024 11:50 AM in response to CDBSI-1

If I understand the ask correctly, you want the third field to combine the other two fields in alphabetical order, right?



There is no built-in sort function at this level, but if you're just dealing with a couple of fields, a simple IF() statement should suffice.


A2<B2 will return TRUE if A2 is alphabetically lower than B2, or FALSE if it's greater. This can be used in an IF() statement:


=IF(A2<B2, A2 & " " & B2, B2 & " " & A2)



so IF() A2 is less than B2, it returns A2 & " " & B2, otherwise it returns B2 & " " & A2

Order function for two cells. Combined into one

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