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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
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I have a list of names in a spreadsheet that includes Titles, Names & addresses Name Address Town Postcode Mr A Burns 24 Hill street town postcode Mrs B Mitchel 45 Acreback road town postcode Miss G Hay The sheddings town postcode etc etc etc etc How do I sort this list by surname? It keeps sorting by Miss, Mr, Mrs -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
If it's consistently title, initial, surname, or title, first name, surname,
then you can select the column, use Data/Text-to-columns using a delimiter of space and when done sort on the 3rd column. Bob Umlas Excel MVP <Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote in message ... Hi I have a list of names in a spreadsheet that includes Titles, Names & addresses Name Address Town Postcode Mr A Burns 24 Hill street town postcode Mrs B Mitchel 45 Acreback road town postcode Miss G Hay The sheddings town postcode etc etc etc etc How do I sort this list by surname? It keeps sorting by Miss, Mr, Mrs -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
With VBA:
http://cjoint.com/?dDtICJNMLz Sub Sort() Set First = Range("a1") ncol = First.CurrentRegion.Columns.Count nlig = First.CurrentRegion.Rows.Count - 1 First.Offset(0, ncol).EntireColumn.Insert Shift:=xlToRight For Each c In First.Offset(1, 0).Resize(nlig, 1) c.Offset(0, ncol) = WithOutCivil(c.Value) Next c First.CurrentRegion.Sort Key1:=First.Offset(1, ncol), Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlGuess First.Offset(0, ncol).EntireColumn.Delete End Sub Function WithOutCivil(chaine) civilite = Array("Mr", "Miss", "Mrs") WithOutCivil = chaine p = InStr(chaine, " ") If p < 0 Then If Not IsError(Application.Match(UCase(Left(chaine, p - 1)), civilite, 0)) Then WithOutCivil = Mid(chaine, p + 1) End If End If End Function JB http://boisgontierjacques.free.fr On 27 mar, 17:48, Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote: Hi I have a list of names in a spreadsheet that includes Titles, Names & addresses Name * * * * * *Address * * * * Town * *Postcode Mr A Burns * * *24 Hill street * * * * *town * *postcode Mrs B Mitchel * 45 Acreback road * * * *town * *postcode Miss G Hay * * *The sheddings * * * * * town * *postcode etc * * * * * * etc * * * * * * * * * * etc * * etc How do I sort this list by surname? It keeps sorting by Miss, Mr, Mrs -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
Hi,
And for a third approach you can use a formula. Assuming your first name starts in A2 then enter the following formula in an adjactent column and sort on this new column: =MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1)+1,9) If the surnames are longer than 9 characters just increase the last argument. -- If this helps, please click the Yes button. Cheers, Shane Devenshire "Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net" wrote: Hi I have a list of names in a spreadsheet that includes Titles, Names & addresses Name Address Town Postcode Mr A Burns 24 Hill street town postcode Mrs B Mitchel 45 Acreback road town postcode Miss G Hay The sheddings town postcode etc etc etc etc How do I sort this list by surname? It keeps sorting by Miss, Mr, Mrs -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:05:14 -0400, "Bob Umlas"
wrote: If it's consistently title, initial, surname, or title, first name, surname, then you can select the column, use Data/Text-to-columns using a delimiter of space and when done sort on the 3rd column. Bob Umlas Excel MVP Thanks Bob that worked well & I was able to make address labels too -- Martin ©¿©¬ <Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote in message .. . Hi I have a list of names in a spreadsheet that includes Titles, Names & addresses Name Address Town Postcode Mr A Burns 24 Hill street town postcode Mrs B Mitchel 45 Acreback road town postcode Miss G Hay The sheddings town postcode etc etc etc etc How do I sort this list by surname? It keeps sorting by Miss, Mr, Mrs -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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How to sort a list with Mr, Mrs, Miss ?
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:05:01 -0700, Shane Devenshire
wrote: Hi, And for a third approach you can use a formula. Assuming your first name starts in A2 then enter the following formula in an adjactent column and sort on this new column: =MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1)+1,9) If the surnames are longer than 9 characters just increase the last argument. Thanks Shane I'll try that too -- Martin ©¿©¬ |
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