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Default alpha numeric sorting

=RIGHT(A1,3)
where A1 equals first data then copy down then sort
assumes all right three characters are numbers


"David Biddulph" wrote:

Data/ Text to columns, with comma as delimiter, then select both columns and
sort by the second column.
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David Biddulph

"troubled" wrote in message
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I have a list of names, a comma, then numbers. How do I sort by the
numbers.
example

John Doe,245
jane Doe,123
Robert k,999
Dan Doe,522 Sort to

Jane Doe,123
John Doe,245
Dan Doe,522
Robert K,999

Thanks