I am trying to advance filter a spreadsheet containing housing information.
Namingly, one column is titled "lot type" with the corresponding data in that
column reading "Type 1" or Type 2,3 etc. I wish to sort the lots by my choice
of number from one to 11. nothing seems to work. I think perhaps I don't know
the correct code that excel will accept. Maybe an issue of text and numerical
data in the same cell? being brand new to filtering doesn't help either!

Consider using Autofilter. It will allow you to specify exactly what you want.
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Gary's Student


"daniel" wrote:

I am trying to advance filter a spreadsheet containing housing information.
Namingly, one column is titled "lot type" with the corresponding data in that
column reading "Type 1" or Type 2,3 etc. I wish to sort the lots by my choice
of number from one to 11. nothing seems to work. I think perhaps I don't know
the correct code that excel will accept. Maybe an issue of text and numerical
data in the same cell? being brand new to filtering doesn't help either!

It's definitely an issue of text and numbers ,however you can use a formula
as the advanced filter criteria, assume the whole date including headers are
A6:D500 and the "lot type" is A:A500 with the different "Types" starting in
A7
Let us assume the criteria range is $H$1:$H$2, put the type number in G1 (1,
2, 3 etc)
Leave H1 blank and put this formula in H2

=--(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A7,"Type","")))=$G$1


apply the filter

so if you put 3 in G1 it will filter all Type 3 lots


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
www.nwexcelsolutions.com
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if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey


"daniel" wrote in message
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I am trying to advance filter a spreadsheet containing housing information.
Namingly, one column is titled "lot type" with the corresponding data in
that
column reading "Type 1" or Type 2,3 etc. I wish to sort the lots by my
choice
of number from one to 11. nothing seems to work. I think perhaps I don't
know
the correct code that excel will accept. Maybe an issue of text and
numerical
data in the same cell? being brand new to filtering doesn't help either!