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Madeline Hart-Andersen
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Mar 13, 2018
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Excel alphabetic sort question!

Hello!

 

I have around 900 rows of data in a table in excel (office 365). I am attempting to sort them alphabetically by a column in the middle of the table. The whole table is set to "text". Somehow I have two "sets" of data within the table, each alphabetizing separately, which is not ideal. Any suggestions on how to make it so I only have one set of data in the table?

 

Thanks!

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  • Jamil's avatar
    Jamil
    Mar 13, 2018
    So, I assume your issue is solved right?

    you can remove those spaces by trim function or selecting the column and using Find and Replace.

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    • Madeline Hart-Andersen's avatar
      Madeline Hart-Andersen
      Copper Contributor

      I actually (like just as your response came in) figured it out. Somehow, a very small portion (apprx 25 entries in the column) have one to two spaces in front. 

       

      Thanks tho!

      • Jamil's avatar
        Jamil
        Bronze Contributor
        So, I assume your issue is solved right?

        you can remove those spaces by trim function or selecting the column and using Find and Replace.

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