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    Sort w/o helper column?

    Hi,

    how to sort text data without helper column? Results are in U7:U16 like these: S-11, S-9, S-14, S-7.... How to sort them?
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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Thanks for the woorkbook.

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Text strings like S-10 and S-6 are not numbers, do son't sort numerically. Instead, they sort alphabetically, and as such, S-6 is after S-10 and S-11. You can mitigate this by changing the serialisation thus:

    S-06
    S-10
    S-11

    Because 0 is before 1 in alphanumeric terms, 06 will sort above S-10.

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Is there always S- ?

    Here are few results for your question assuming there is S- at the start.

    If that's not case I would suggest reorganize data or use helper column because it's very complicated for older version of excel.

    Your solution is in X column
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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    zbor zbor zbor zbor zbor zbor zbor zbor ZDRAVO BIO !

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Spremnik 23 i S-2, they don+t have value in "J" column. I could/must use a helper column with "random" S-14, S-9, S-10... values, then we could use AGGREGATE(Countif formula in U7:U16, right??

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Wasn't focus on J column. I've just add few more S's for purpose of test

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    So here is the formula for "helper" column:
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    w/o ctrl+sh+ent

    So now i need to sort these helper column results into U7:U16, thank you all, GOD BLESS

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    There is already sorted in X column without helper column.

    What I understand next is to create SUMIF formula, right?

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Try this:

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Quote Originally Posted by Phuocam View Post
    Try this:

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    This looks like "slow on calculation", my poor CPU.

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Quote Originally Posted by zbor View Post
    There is already sorted in X column without helper column.

    What I understand next is to create SUMIF formula, right?
    Nothing to Sum, just some text results from E col

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    Quote Originally Posted by zbor View Post
    there is already sorted in x column without helper column.
    thanks, hvala puno!

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    Re: Sort w/o helper column?

    This will sort results from U7:U16 :
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