I have data like this on column A
When I'm going to sort column a by Value (A-Z) It's Sort like below
But I want to Sort this Column By
1-MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)-175.csv
2-MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)-172.csv
3-MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)-174.csv
How Can I do this? I have searched many solution but none of it worked!
You need to understand that text sorts different to numbers. If you have text that starts with a number, it will still sort as text. And for text sort, the order is 1,11,19,2,20 etc.That means, text is sorted strictly by each character after the other. The first sort will be for the first character, so all items with a 1 as the first character come first. Then the next character is evaluated. A "-" sign will be sorted after any number, so the "1-" comes after the "10" and even after the "19".
To achieve the sort order you describe you will need to change the text and pad the numbers with leading zeroes, like
001-Some text
002-Some text
010-Some text
100-Some Text
right click the 1st row of the column then hover over "filter" select "Filter by selected cell value" then click drop down and tadaaa ...Sort in Order...
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I have data in notepad with more than 1000+ entries, which need to convert in to Excel with particular break based on length. can someone help
011000015FRB-BOS FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON MABOSTON Y Y20040910
File format is as below
Position Field
1-9 Routing number
1 Office code
I tried delimiting option but dint worked out.
If your data always has the routing number in columns 1-9, then delimited import is the way to go. Choose Import From Text, then select Fixed Width and click Next. On Step 2, click at each character that would be a separator. Eg, click at character 9 to split it into two columns with the first column haviong the first nine characters and the second column having the rest. Step 3 will allow you to set the data format. I'd recommend setting the first column to text so Excel doesn't try to use scientific notation or something on your account numbers.
For example I have this line right here:
-2.7769,-5.6967,5.9179,0.37671,1
When I convert text to column using as delimiter comma in preview I see the result just right:
-2.7769 -5.6967 5.9179 0.37671 1
But when I press confirm I get this:
-27.769 -56.967 59.179 0.37671 1
How can I stop it from doing that and get the desired outcome?
I tried to make a line separated with commas into columns using the text to column feature from excel but I didn't get the result I was hoping for.
I don't know the entire solution, but I clearly see that you are mixing up decimal delimiter and thousand delimiter:
I guess that you mean "-2.7769" meaning "minus two, followed by a decimal separator, followed by .7769 (a number between zero and one)", but what your computer understand is: "minus twenty-seven thousand, seven hundred and sixty-nine, but the user has put the thousand separator at the wrong place. I will correct this."
In order to check whether or not your Excel is using a thousand separator, you can ask a random cell's formatting (right-click, choose "Format cells"): the "Use 1000 Separator (,)" checkbox in the "Number" chapter should be unchecked, as in this screenshot:
I'm trying to sort a column in my excel spreadsheet that contains numbers ,strings and "empty". My goal is to sort the numbers descending, followed by empty, followed by strings descending as well.
Sample data with 4 rows is in the table below.
Columns("A:A").Sort key1:=Range("A2"), order1:=xlDescending
With a normal column sort, I can get the numbers and the "empty" in the right order (Failed Code). However, the String keeps on appearing before the numbers when sorting descending.
Initial Failed_Code Desired_Output
1 6566 String 6566
2 6566 700
3 700 700
4 String String
Normally you can specify the sorting order in a list and use the OrderCustom parameter of VBA sort, an example is in the accepted answer of Code an Excel VBA sort with a custom order and a value containing commas. However as you are sorting integers and strings the usually adviced helper/auxiliary column ( Custom sort in Excel by first character and user-defined non-alphabetical order., ) is an easier solution here too, especially as in custom lists no wildcards are possible (https://www.mrexcel.com/board/threads/custom-sort.471612/).
As ! is the first character following the control characters in ASCII table and Windows sorting order (What is the first character in the sort order used by Windows Explorer?) write a macro that creates the auxiliary column according to the first character in the cells you want to sort (How to check first character in a cell value), if this first character is a letter prepend an !, then sort by the auxiliary column in descending order.
An alternative an possibly easiest solution, would be in your case to first sort the entire column ascending, then determine the index where is the 'border' between integers and strings by checking the first character (How to check first character in a cell value) and then sort the integers and strings separately descending, because you can always specify the sorting range you do not have to necessarily sort tte entire column.
I need to sort a list of part numbers alphanumerically. Excel will not sort them correctly though when I open the auto filter drop down it shows them in the order that I need.
They aren't uniform in length, some contain letters, some have leading zeros, with a maximum length of 15 characters. Here is a list along with the correct sorting:
Part Correct Sort
00863 00863
1123 02257
02257 07706
6549 10338
6834 11212
07706 1123
8001 65412SSCY
8001 6549
10338 6834
11212 8001
65412SSCY 8001
EN93 EN93
SCSM11BE SCSM11BE
Hoping for a macro or method.
If you have values formatted as Text and not numbers with custom number formats (for leading zeroes) then all you need to do is choose the correct Sort Warning option.
If you opt for *Sort numbers and numbers stored as text separately, you will come up with teh correct (as per your sample) sort order.
Note that text by default is left-aligned in a cell while numbers (regardless of their number formatting) are right-aligned by default.
You need to specify the correct option to Excel:
and after the sort:
Select the column with the original data and then click on "Text to Columns".
Pick Delimited as the file type, and then click "Next".
Uncheck all the delimiters and then click "Next".
On the Step 3 of 3 window, choose Text as the Column data format.
Then click Finish.
All your data will now act as type = text.
Then select all the data again, and in the sort you can choose "Sort numbers and numbers stored as text separately"
Captain Morgan ------ Insane Journeys -------- A-
I have easily gotten the left and right side parts using Left() and Right() functions.
I want to use a function in excel (not vba) that will allow me to get the middle phrase in this sentence (The dashes are really excessive spaces). can I accomplish this with a Mid() function?
This is just 1 item on a list of 80 different things in 1 column that needs to be turned into 3 columns. Every item has different character lengths. So the length counts cannot be manually entered.
I agree with Text to Columns but the image in the other answer only has one space per row while OP has some spaces that are redundant and some that are not. For this I’d suggest a modified approach:
Replace all pairs of spaces with a character unlikely to be encountered – I’d suggest a pipe.
Apply Text to Columns with pipe as delimiter.
Apply TRIM to the middle column to remove any remaining redundant spaces (eg =TRIM(B1) copied down and then that column pasted as values over the source).
But to answer can I accomplish this with a Mid() function? I think yes though not cost effective for a mere 80 entries when there is a viable alternative.
Try to use "Text to columns" from Data Tab. It has option to split data to different columns using various criteria.
All you need to do is select data you want to split to columns and select criteria you need.
In your case it can be either Space or Other:. When you select Other: you can add your own criteria like "space dot space" or anything you need.
For more detailed information you can enter this link.