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Sorting a column with Text and Numbers
I'm trying to sort a column that contains both text and numbers so that the
numbers appear in order instead of 1,10,11,12,19,20,21, etc. I can't use text-to-columns because the text isn't uniform. When I sort, here's what i currently get: Computer Flex 1 Computer Flex 10 Computer Flex 11 Computer Flex 12 Computer Flex 13 Computer Flex 14 Computer Flex 15 Computer Flex 16 Computer Flex 17 Computer Flex 18 Computer Flex 19 Computer Flex 2 Computer Flex 20 Computer Flex 21 Computer Flex 3 Computer Flex 4 Computer Flex 5 Computer Flex 6 FOOD & COOKING Flex 1 FOOD & COOKING Flex 10 FOOD & COOKING Flex 11 FOOD & COOKING Flex 12 FOOD & COOKING Flex 13 FOOD & COOKING Flex 14 FOOD & COOKING Flex 15 FOOD & COOKING Flex 16 FOOD & COOKING Flex 17 FOOD & COOKING Flex 18 FOOD & COOKING Flex 19 FOOD & COOKING Flex 2 and here's what I need: Computer Flex 1 Computer Flex 2 Computer Flex 3 Computer Flex 4 Computer Flex 5 Computer Flex 6 Computer Flex 10 Computer Flex 11 Computer Flex 12 Computer Flex 13 Computer Flex 14 Computer Flex 15 Computer Flex 16 Computer Flex 17 Computer Flex 18 Computer Flex 19 Computer Flex 20 Computer Flex 21 FOOD & COOKING Flex 1 FOOD & COOKING Flex 2 FOOD & COOKING Flex 10 FOOD & COOKING Flex 11 FOOD & COOKING Flex 12 FOOD & COOKING Flex 13 FOOD & COOKING Flex 14 FOOD & COOKING Flex 15 FOOD & COOKING Flex 16 FOOD & COOKING Flex 17 FOOD & COOKING Flex 18 FOOD & COOKING Flex 19 |
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Sorting a column with Text and Numbers
But if the data was always consistent -- variable text followed by a space
character, then numbers, you could use a formula to extract that last portion and sort by that helper column... One way: =--trim(right(substitute(trim(a1)," ",rept(" ",99)),99)) It replaces the space character with 99 space characters and then looks at the rightmost 99 characters. Trims that and the -- changes the text back to numbers. If your data isn't always laid out this way, you'll want to share more samples. tstobb wrote: I'm trying to sort a column that contains both text and numbers so that the numbers appear in order instead of 1,10,11,12,19,20,21, etc. I can't use text-to-columns because the text isn't uniform. When I sort, here's what i currently get: Computer Flex 1 Computer Flex 10 Computer Flex 11 Computer Flex 12 Computer Flex 13 Computer Flex 14 Computer Flex 15 Computer Flex 16 Computer Flex 17 Computer Flex 18 Computer Flex 19 Computer Flex 2 Computer Flex 20 Computer Flex 21 Computer Flex 3 Computer Flex 4 Computer Flex 5 Computer Flex 6 FOOD & COOKING Flex 1 FOOD & COOKING Flex 10 FOOD & COOKING Flex 11 FOOD & COOKING Flex 12 FOOD & COOKING Flex 13 FOOD & COOKING Flex 14 FOOD & COOKING Flex 15 FOOD & COOKING Flex 16 FOOD & COOKING Flex 17 FOOD & COOKING Flex 18 FOOD & COOKING Flex 19 FOOD & COOKING Flex 2 and here's what I need: Computer Flex 1 Computer Flex 2 Computer Flex 3 Computer Flex 4 Computer Flex 5 Computer Flex 6 Computer Flex 10 Computer Flex 11 Computer Flex 12 Computer Flex 13 Computer Flex 14 Computer Flex 15 Computer Flex 16 Computer Flex 17 Computer Flex 18 Computer Flex 19 Computer Flex 20 Computer Flex 21 FOOD & COOKING Flex 1 FOOD & COOKING Flex 2 FOOD & COOKING Flex 10 FOOD & COOKING Flex 11 FOOD & COOKING Flex 12 FOOD & COOKING Flex 13 FOOD & COOKING Flex 14 FOOD & COOKING Flex 15 FOOD & COOKING Flex 16 FOOD & COOKING Flex 17 FOOD & COOKING Flex 18 FOOD & COOKING Flex 19 -- Dave Peterson |
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