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Alphanumeric sorting
I have two columns that are connected and I want to sort by the second column, I want it sorted numerically but it keeps moving the numbers with the -1631 to the bottom of the list how do I fix this?...
Thank you for this response but this won't work for what I am trying to do. I already tried it I need the -1631 to stay with the number without losing my sort
lxj190 Sort by the numeric column but look at the alphanumeric..?
...or turn the column into text format making the numbers treated as strings.
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- Thank you I did try to turn it into text, but it didn't work on all my columns, I found that if I put an ' in front of the number without the dash it gives me the warning box and I can pick sort as text. So thank you for the help
lxj190 Right- if the invoice number not always begins numeric, then it will not work as proposed.
Good that the apostrophe (comment character) helps. And yet another possibility may be even more helpful;
=IFERROR(TEXT(F6:F18,"0"),F6:F18)
try to turn the data into text, and if it fails, treat it as already text.
Assuming Excel 365, there is only one formula, spilling the result. If Excel PDA/pre dynamic arrays, use
=IFERROR(TEXT(F6,"0"),F6)
and fill down.