Filtering unique distinct text values and sort them based on sum of adjacent values can be done by creating a pivot table. But in this blog post I want to show how to do this, using an excel array formula.

Array formula in A11:

=INDEX(List_text, MATCH(MAX(SUMIF(List_text, "="&List_text, List_number)*NOT(COUNTIF($A$10:A10, List_text))), SUMIF(List_text, "="&List_text, List_number)*NOT(COUNTIF($A$10:A10, List_text)), 0)) + CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER copied down as far as necessary.

Formula in B11:

=SUMIF(List_text, A11, List_number) + ENTER copied down as far as necessary.

Named ranges

List_text (A2:A8)
List_number (B2:B8)
What is named ranges?

How to implement array formula to your workbook

Change the named ranges. If your list starts at, for example, F3. Change $A$10:A10 in the above formulas to F2:$F$2.

Download excel sample file for this tutorial.

Filter unique distinct list sorted based on sum of adjacent values.xls
(Excel 97-2003 Workbook *.xls)

Functions in this article:

COUNTIF(range,criteria)
Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given condition

IF(logical_test;[value_if:true];[value_if_false])
Checks whether a condition is met, and returns one value if TRUE, and another value if FALSE

MATCH(lookup_value;lookup_array; [match_type]
Returns the relative position of an item in an array that matches a specified value

INDEX(array,row_num,[column_num])
Returns a value or reference of the cell at the intersection of a particular row and column, in a given range

MAX(number1,[number2],)
Returns the largest value in a set of values. Ignores logical values and text.

ROW(reference) returns the rownumber of a reference

SUMIF(range, criteria, sum_range)
Adds the cells specified by a given condition or criteria

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