The hidden column method is the usual method of doing this sort.

" wrote:

I have a header and several rows of data that i'd like to routinely
sort in a peculiar way:

There is a field that consists of a 1 alphanumeric character followed
by 5 numeric characters.

Ex: a123434, b234344, 434563, etc.

I'd like to create a function that sorts these numbers by their last
three (numeric) digits.

The only method I know is copy the entire sheet to a temp sheet,
ammend each row with an ordinal value, and then copy the contents back
to the original sheet in the correct order.

Another method i've considered is a hidden row with a formula
resembling this; right(a1,3). I would then sort by this hidden row.

Does anyone have a more elegant VBScript option?