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Default Sorting characters, ignoring numbers

Assuming you have only 1 number in front of the address

1. insert a column to the right and place the formula; which will return the
text value alone.
=IF(ISNUMBER(--LEFT(A1,1)),MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,100),A1)

2.Select both columns and sort by the inserted column
3. You can either keep this column hidden or delete after use.

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Jacob Skaria


"Barto9729" wrote:

I have a list with a column of street addresses. I would like to sort by
street but ignore the house number.

for example is want the results to be:

123 Pine
456 Pine
145 Ross
668 Ross

NOT:

123 Pine
145 Ross
456 Pine
668 Ross

Any ideas?