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To: Magnatizer who wrote (29299)	5/9/1999 1:14:00 AM
From: Vitas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 79263

You can solve your problem by placing a formula in an adjacent column that counts the number of instances of each symbol, and then sort the two columns in descending order based on the column with the count in it. For instance, I took your list and found that it occupied cells A1:A18, and I put the following formula in cell B1: =SUM(($A$1:$A$18=A1)*TRUE) This must be entered as an array formula; you type it in just as above, but instead of simply hitting ENTER to fix it in the spreadsheet, you hit CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER to make it an array formula. When you've entered it correctly, you will see curly braces around it in the formula bar. The array formula looks through the range A1:A18 and tallies the number of times that any cells in that range match the cell in A1. When you copy it down, the range A1:A18 is fixed, but the cell it's trying to match is not. You must enter the parentheses as shown. After entering it in cell B1, THEN copy it down to row 18. Then sort both columns together, basing the sort on column B in descending order. This does do what you asked; hopefully there's nothing else to prevent this from being an effective solution for you. -- bye, Norman Smith Jurik Research Software jurikres.com