One way ..

Assuming data in A1 down

Put in B1: =MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,99)+0
Copy down

Then sort both cols A and B by col B
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Max
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"j0hnt52" wrote in message
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I have a range of reference IDs that are in the format:
AAA ###.### (eg ABC 123.456)
I wish to sort the range based only on the numbers in the ID (ignore any
text preceding the numbers).
I can use "text to columns" and then sort, but I was hoping there was an
easier way.