Postcode Sort?
Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) -- KarenScott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KarenScott's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35337 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=551056 |
Postcode Sort?
Hi Karen, if I understand correctly, you have a list of postal codes that are
a horizontal vector and you'd like them to be vertical. If that's right, you can copy the list then, in cell G1, paste special and select the "Transpose" option. "KarenScott" wrote: Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) -- KarenScott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KarenScott's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35337 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=551056 |
Postcode Sort?
Karen,
You can't without separating the text i.e "G", from the digits as text fields will sort in the order defined in your posting. Col A Col B G 1 G 21 G 11 G 2 Sorted by A then B will get the desired result correct. Concatenating A & B will get you back to the original codes. Is this possible/practical? "KarenScott" wrote: Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) -- KarenScott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KarenScott's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35337 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=551056 |
Postcode Sort?
You could extract the components then sort by these
E.g =LEFT(A1),1 =MID(A1,2,2) -- HTH Bob Phillips (replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct) "KarenScott" wrote in message ... Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) -- KarenScott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KarenScott's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35337 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=551056 |
Postcode Sort?
KarenScott wrote:
Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) Ahh, I know your problem. It is one that I first saw solved in an RPG program written for an IBM System 36. The trick was to "normalise" the postcodes into their official groupings of Area, District, Sector, Sub-sector and then sort. There are a few ways to tackle this. First of all, can I ask if in your case it is allowable to split the code into its constituent parts in 4 separate helper columns or would one helper column (with possibly a more complicated formula) be better. In each case these helper columns would be in addition to the standard post code column and would be there only for sorting purposes. |
Postcode Sort?
Bob Phillips wrote:
You could extract the components then sort by these E.g =LEFT(A1),1 =MID(A1,2,2) That doesn't work for postcode with a 2 character Area part (e.g. SW1A 4AA) |
Postcode Sort?
Paul Lautman Wrote: KarenScott wrote: Hi There Could you please help? I have a small database which needs to be sorted correctly by postcode but I can't get it to work. Eg the list goes G1, G11, G12 etc where it should go G1 G2 G3 etc. Does anyone know of a sorting solution? Thanks Karen:) Ahh, I know your problem. It is one that I first saw solved in an RPG program written for an IBM System 36. The trick was to "normalise" the postcodes into their official groupings of Area, District, Sector, Sub-sector and then sort. There are a few ways to tackle this. First of all, can I ask if in your case it is allowable to split the code into its constituent parts in 4 separate helper columns or would one helper column (with possibly a more complicated formula) be better. In each case these helper columns would be in addition to the standard post code column and would be there only for sorting purposes. Hi There I don't have a problem separating the postcode parts but I am not sure how this work. I have full control of the database and so please anything thing you suggest I'll try. -- KarenScott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KarenScott's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35337 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=551056 |
Postcode Sort?
You could try a commercial alternative from yours truly...
The Excel add-in "Special Sort" should do what you want. More info at... http://www.officeletter.com/blink/specialsort.html -- Jim Cone San Francisco, USA http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware "KarenScott" wrote in message Hi There -snip- I don't have a problem separating the postcode parts but I am not sure how this work. I have full control of the database and so please anything thing you suggest I'll try. -- KarenScott |
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