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

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.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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

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.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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

You're very welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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

Hoping this thread is not yet dead as I would like to expand on it.
What changes are required to the formula below, so that when there is just
text (abcde etc) rather than alpanumeric (25th) in A12 that I get the desired
"0" returned rather than"#Value" that I am getting.

=IF(A120,--(LEFT(A12,LEN(A12)-2)),0)

Taking this one step further. There will be random blank cells in ColA so
what would have to be added to the formula so that the sorted list is
displayed from the top of the sorted range down rather than the bottom up.

Help is always humbly received
"Roger Govier" wrote:

You're very welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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

Hi Arran

Try the following
=IF(A1="",REPT("Z",255),IF(ISNUMBER(--LEFT(A1)),--(LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-2)),A1))
This will make empty cells have 255 Z's in the helper column, and they
will sort to the end of the list
Text cells will be left exactly as they are.
Is this what you wanted?
If you want the blank cells to the top of the list, then change the
"REPT("Z",255) to 0


--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
Hoping this thread is not yet dead as I would like to expand on it.
What changes are required to the formula below, so that when there is
just
text (abcde etc) rather than alpanumeric (25th) in A12 that I get the
desired
"0" returned rather than"#Value" that I am getting.

=IF(A120,--(LEFT(A12,LEN(A12)-2)),0)

Taking this one step further. There will be random blank cells in ColA
so
what would have to be added to the formula so that the sorted list is
displayed from the top of the sorted range down rather than the
bottom up.

Help is always humbly received
"Roger Govier" wrote:

You're very welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Arran" wrote in message
...
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