How to stack multiple columns into one, alternating rows – Google Sheets
Problem Description:
I’m working on a Google Sheets document that has data stacked in columns in an unusual order (see image for reference)
I have what you see on columns A, B and C. But I want what I have on column E.
I have 8 pages with hundreds of data elements, all sorted in 3 columns like that and I’m looking for a formula or a custom script that would allow me to arrange the data in the right sequence.
I did research trying to find a solution, but none of the ones I found work well for this situation. The order of the elements is very important.
EDIT:
The data is not numbers. It’s text. So sorting formulas wouldn’t work, because it would sort it alphabetically and it would mess up the order
Solution – 1
try:
=SORT(ARRAYFORMULA(FLATTEN(A1:A,B1:B,C1:C)),1,1)
Solution – 2
all you need is:
=FLATTEN(A1:C7)
with open ranges you can do:
=QUERY(FLATTEN(A1:C); "where Col1 is not null"; )
see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73767719/
