Task: Top rank per group
Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sort"
)


type Employee struct {
    Name, ID string
    Salary   int
    Dept     string
}

type EmployeeList []*Employee

var data = EmployeeList{
    {"Tyler Bennett", "E10297", 32000, "D101"},
    {"John Rappl", "E21437", 47000, "D050"},
    {"George Woltman", "E00127", 53500, "D101"},
    {"Adam Smith", "E63535", 18000, "D202"},
    {"Claire Buckman", "E39876", 27800, "D202"},
    {"David McClellan", "E04242", 41500, "D101"},
    {"Rich Holcomb", "E01234", 49500, "D202"},
    {"Nathan Adams", "E41298", 21900, "D050"},
    {"Richard Potter", "E43128", 15900, "D101"},
    {"David Motsinger", "E27002", 19250, "D202"},
    {"Tim Sampair", "E03033", 27000, "D101"},
    {"Kim Arlich", "E10001", 57000, "D190"},
    {"Timothy Grove", "E16398", 29900, "D190"},
    
    {"Tie A", "E16399", 29900, "D190"},
    {"Tie B", "E16400", 29900, "D190"},
    {"No Tie", "E16401", 29899, "D190"},
}









type By func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool
type employeeSorter struct {
    list EmployeeList
    by   func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool
}

func (by By) Sort(list EmployeeList)         { sort.Sort(&employeeSorter{list, by}) }
func (s *employeeSorter) Len() int           { return len(s.list) }
func (s *employeeSorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s.list[i], s.list[j] = s.list[j], s.list[i] }
func (s *employeeSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s.by(s.list[i], s.list[j]) }










func (el EmployeeList) TopSalariesByDept(n int) []EmployeeList {
    if n <= 0 || len(el) == 0 {
        return nil
    }
    deptSalary := func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool {
        if e1.Dept != e2.Dept {
            return e1.Dept < e2.Dept
        }
        if e1.Salary != e2.Salary {
            return e1.Salary > e2.Salary
        }
        
        return e1.ID < e2.ID
    }

    
    
    
    
    sorted := make(EmployeeList, len(el))
    copy(sorted, el)
    By(deptSalary).Sort(sorted)

    perDept := []EmployeeList{}
    var lastDept string
    var lastSalary int
    for _, e := range sorted {
        if e.Dept != lastDept || len(perDept) == 0 {
            lastDept = e.Dept
            perDept = append(perDept, EmployeeList{e})
        } else {
            i := len(perDept) - 1
            if len(perDept[i]) >= n && e.Salary != lastSalary {
                continue
            }
            perDept[i] = append(perDept[i], e)
            lastSalary = e.Salary
        }
    }
    return perDept
}

func main() {
    const n = 3
    top := data.TopSalariesByDept(n)
    if len(top) == 0 {
        fmt.Println("Nothing to show.")
        return
    }
    fmt.Printf("Top %d salaries per department\n", n)
    for _, list := range top {
        fmt.Println(list[0].Dept)
        for _, e := range list {
            fmt.Printf("    %s %16s %7d\n", e.ID, e.Name, e.Salary)
        }
    }
}

VB: Private Sub top_rank(filename As String, n As Integer)
    Workbooks.OpenText filename:=filename, Comma:=True
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = Sheets.Add: ws.Name = "output"
    ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Create(SourceType:=xlDatabase, SourceData:= _
        "data!R1C1:R14C4", Version:=6).CreatePivotTable TableDestination:= _
        "output!R3C1", TableName:="TableName", DefaultVersion:=6
    With Sheets("output").PivotTables("TableName")
        .InGridDropZones = True
        .RowAxisLayout xlTabularRow
        .AddDataField Sheets("output").PivotTables("TableName"). _
                PivotFields("Salary"), "Top rank", xlSum
        .PivotFields("Department").Orientation = xlRowField
        .PivotFields("Department").Position = 1
        .PivotFields("Salary").Orientation = xlRowField
        .PivotFields("Salary").Position = 2
        .PivotFields("Employee Name").Orientation = xlRowField
        .PivotFields("Employee Name").Position = 3
        .PivotFields("Employee ID").Orientation = xlRowField
        .PivotFields("Employee ID").Position = 4
        .PivotFields("Salary").PivotFilters.Add2 Type:=xlTopCount, _
            DataField:=Sheets("output").PivotTables("TableName"). _
            PivotFields("Top rank"), Value1:=n
        .PivotFields("Salary").Subtotals = Array(False, False, False, False, _
            False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False)
        .PivotFields("Employee Name").Subtotals = Array(False, False, False, _
            False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False)
        .PivotFields("Department").Subtotals = Array(False, False, False, False, _
            False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False)
        .ColumnGrand = False
        .PivotFields("Salary").AutoSort xlDescending, "Salary"
    End With
End Sub

Public Sub main()
    top_rank filename:="D:\data.txt", n:=3
End Sub