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How to do a peculiar sort?
Hi,
I'm trying to sort a Ratings column which has entries of Low, Medium and High. However an alpahbetic sort doesn't work out as I would like them in a certain order. Is this possible? Its driving me crazey cos I get High, Low, Medium. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Georgina |
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How to do a peculiar sort?
Hi Georgina,
ToolsOptionsCustom lists Read HELP for details -- Kind regards, Niek Otten "Grd" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort a Ratings column which has entries of Low, Medium and High. However an alpahbetic sort doesn't work out as I would like them in a certain order. Is this possible? Its driving me crazey cos I get High, Low, Medium. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Georgina |
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How to do a peculiar sort?
Insert a helper column. In the helper column type in and copy the formula -
=IF(A1="high",1,IF(A1="low",5,IF(A1="medium",9,))) The actual value is significant ONLY that it is in the order you want to sort AND that there is a gap so that you can alter the running order without too much amendment. Use this column to sort your data. Regards. Bill Ridgeway Computer Solutions "Grd" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort a Ratings column which has entries of Low, Medium and High. However an alpahbetic sort doesn't work out as I would like them in a certain order. Is this possible? Its driving me crazey cos I get High, Low, Medium. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Georgina |
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How to do a peculiar sort?
I'd just use another column and put 1, 2, 3 in there and sort by that.
=if(a2="high",1,if(a2="Medium",2,3))) (to get my 1,2,3's.) ===== But you could define a custom list. tools|options|Custom list tab type High,Medium,Low Then when you sort, use: data|sort|options Button and select your custom list. Grd wrote: Hi, I'm trying to sort a Ratings column which has entries of Low, Medium and High. However an alpahbetic sort doesn't work out as I would like them in a certain order. Is this possible? Its driving me crazey cos I get High, Low, Medium. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Georgina -- Dave Peterson |
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How to do a peculiar sort?
Use a helper column to assign 1 to Low, 2 to medium, and 3 to high.......then
sort on that column =IF(A1="LOW",1,IF(A1="MEDIUM",2,IF(A1="HIGH",3,"") )) and copy down, replace A1 with your appropriate cell address. Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Grd" wrote: Hi, I'm trying to sort a Ratings column which has entries of Low, Medium and High. However an alpahbetic sort doesn't work out as I would like them in a certain order. Is this possible? Its driving me crazey cos I get High, Low, Medium. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Georgina |
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How to do a peculiar sort?
Niek Otten wrote:
Hi Georgina, ToolsOptionsCustom lists Read HELP for details Just wanted to add that once you make a custom list Under SORT you need to go to options and select it as the sort order Dont forget to reset it back to normal George |
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