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Excel custom aphlabetical sort not working properly
I'm trying to sort a big list of names first by last name, then by first name. I'm finding that some of the sort is not accurate. I colored the cells only for easier viewing of the inaccurate sort. I have tried over and over, and different ways. I need some help!
The attached workbook is a re-creation of the sort issue you have in your workbook. There's also a LEN example.
There may be leading or trailing spaces in the First Name and/or Last Name columns.
- Patrick2788 we checked for spaces & made sure nothing was "hidden"
Hello
If last name is in column A
In an empty cell put this formula
=A173 = A174 (compare the yellow cells to the white)
The result must be true
- It comes back as false.
