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# **Sort a table by sales with SORT**

In D2, return the table A2:B6 sorted by sales, highest first. SORT takes the range, the column to sort by (2) and the order (-1 for descending).

D2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Rep | Sales |  | Rep | Sales | |
| 2 | Ann | 420 |  |  |  | |
| 3 | Ben | 310 |  |  |  | |
| 4 | Cy | 150 |  |  |  | |
| 5 | Di | 500 |  |  |  | |
| 6 | Ed | 260 |  |  |  | |
| 7 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 8 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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