How do I sort by EBCDIC sequence in EXCEL?

The only available sort sequences I can find in EXCEL are ASCII and some
customized DAY/DATE sorts. I would like to sort in EBCDIC sequence. I tried
to make a customized sort list (i.e. A,B,C....X,Y,Z,1,2....8,9), but that
only seems to work on the first character within a cell. It returned P7
before PA on my sort.

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"gary_h" <gary_h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F13ECCE5-A2C5-42F8-8C8A-D9A668078B22@microsoft.com...
> The only available sort sequences I can find in EXCEL are ASCII and some
> customized DAY/DATE sorts. I would like to sort in EBCDIC sequence. I
> tried
> to make a customized sort list (i.e. A,B,C....X,Y,Z,1,2....8,9), but that
> only seems to work on the first character within a cell. It returned P7
> before PA on my sort.


Referesh my memory - what's EBCDIC?

In article <dFFRf.2799$kg.294@news02.roc.ny>, "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"gary_h" <gary_h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:F13ECCE5-A2C5-42F8-8C8A-D9A668078B22@microsoft.com...
>> The only available sort sequences I can find in EXCEL are ASCII and some
>> customized DAY/DATE sorts. I would like to sort in EBCDIC sequence. I
>> tried
>> to make a customized sort list (i.e. A,B,C....X,Y,Z,1,2....8,9), but that
>> only seems to work on the first character within a cell. It returned P7
>> before PA on my sort.

>Referesh my memory - what's EBCDIC?

... and old character coding system system IIRC

That said, I think ther are 2 obvious options :
1) Make up a 'custom sort list' in the order you want it and sort using that
2) use a helper column in much the same way.

HTH


Bruce

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Hi Gary,

Aside to Doug -- EBCDIC a much more logical assignment of numbers and letters <grin>

It's a bit messy but you can create another column that you can sort on.
The problem is that ASCII is not really the collating sequence used in Excel
and it makes a difference if it is one more characters, but the main thing
is that letters will sort before digits. see
Sorting as if EBCDIC as on a mainframe (#ebcdic)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/sorting.htm#ebcdic
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EBCDIC is an acronym for Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. It
is used mainly on mainframes. ASCII is used mainly on PC's. EBCDIC used
hexadecimal representation (i.e. 00 through FF). The letter A is C1, J is
D1, S is E2, zero is F0, space is 40, etc.
Gary H.

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

>
> "gary_h" <gary_h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F13ECCE5-A2C5-42F8-8C8A-D9A668078B22@microsoft.com...
> > The only available sort sequences I can find in EXCEL are ASCII and some
> > customized DAY/DATE sorts. I would like to sort in EBCDIC sequence. I
> > tried
> > to make a customized sort list (i.e. A,B,C....X,Y,Z,1,2....8,9), but that
> > only seems to work on the first character within a cell. It returned P7
> > before PA on my sort.
>
>
> Referesh my memory - what's EBCDIC?
>
>
>

In article <92E02F56-EC1B-401C-86E0-407DAAFF1D9B@microsoft.com>, =?Utf-8?B?Z2FyeV9o?= <garyh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>EBCDIC is an acronym for Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. It
>is used mainly on mainframes. ASCII is used mainly on PC's. EBCDIC used
>hexadecimal representation (i.e. 00 through FF). The letter A is C1, J is
>D1, S is E2, zero is F0, space is 40, etc.

... and IIRC you can do "accurate" calculations (meaning rounding error
free) with it, as many calculators do. ?

Bruce

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people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

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