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  • 27-01-2005 12:57pm
    #1
    Keeks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭


    I have an aplhanumeric list I want sorted, say 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5 etc

    when i go to sort it in excell it shows it up like this 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1A, 2A, 2b.

    is there a way to sort it like the first way without having to do it manually


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Make sure that all the cells are formatted as text and not number/general

    or when entering the data try '1 '2 etc.


  • #3
    Keeks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭Keeks


    nope no luck


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Ugg - it's messy - splitting out the letters would be the best option and put into a two hidden column

    b1=code(upper(value(a1))) - remove the last car and get it's ascii
    c1=b1 x mod(b1,64) - convert the ascii of all numbers to 0 so at start of list.

    also look at..
    =value(A1) to ID which cells have letters
    =right(A1) to strip the letter , but if no letter then returns a number
    =code(right(a1)) the ascii of the last character
    =len(a1) the length of the string - but 10 is as long as 1a
    =char(64) - generates a character from ascii.


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