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I have a set of data with multiple columns (4). I need to sort my data by
one of the columns which contains both numbers and alpha-numeric
characters---but the cells are formatted as "Text". When I do a sort,
Excel's default is to sort from left to right and it puts all of my numbers
at the top with the alpha-numeric entries at the bottom. Is there a way that
I can sort my data so it doesn't do this? Example below:

Column to be sorted:
110
115
110LEG
115SAP
120
117LEG
117

When using Excel's Sort function it comes out like this:
110
115
117
120
110LEG
115SAP
117LEG

 
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