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You're very welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

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Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
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Roger, many thanks that worked like a dream.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Arran

Try using a helper column. In the helper column, enter
=--(LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-2))
and copy down as far as required.
Mark both columns and sort by the helper column.

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Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
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I cant seem to sort 25th 10th 30th 21st 2nd etc entered data to
display
as
2nd 10th 21st 25th 30th in descending . All cells have been
formated
as text
before data entered. I am using Excel 2003