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    I am trying to sort the cells both numerically and letters but not alphabetically. I need to keep the numerical values sorted from low to high but the sizes in the correct order of XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL. I have tried doing a custom list and applying this to the cells but it won't change them. Can anyone help?
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    001/223 590-L
    001/223 590-M
    001/223 590-S
    001/223 590-XL
    001/223 590-XS
    001/223 590-XXL
    001/223 999-L
    001/223 999-M
    001/223 999-S
    001/223 999-XL
    001/223 999-XS
    001/223 999-XXL

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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    Welcome to the forum.

    You'd need a helper column 'rank' the sizing letters.

    There are instructions at the top of the page explaining how to attach your sample workbook.
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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    B
    C
    D
    2
    001/223 590-L 001/223 400-XS
    3
    001/223 590-M 001/223 400-M
    4
    001/223 590-S 001/223 400-L
    5
    001/223 590-XL 001/223 400-XL
    6
    001/223 590-XS 001/223 590-XS
    7
    001/223 590-XXL 001/223 590-S
    8
    001/223 999-L 001/223 590-M
    9
    001/223 999-M 001/223 590-L
    10
    001/223 999-S 001/223 590-XL
    11
    001/223 999-XL 001/223 590-XXL
    12
    001/223 999-XS 001/223 999-XS
    13
    001/223 999-XXL 001/223 999-S
    14
    001/223 400-XL 001/223 999-M
    15
    001/223 400-XS 001/223 999-L
    16
    001/223 400-L 001/223 999-XL
    17
    001/223 400-M 001/223 999-XXL


    B
    C
    D
    2
    001/223 590-L =LET(
    MyList,$B$2:$B$20,
    letters2numbers,{"XS",1;"S",2;"M",3;"L",4;"XL",5;"XXL",6},
    numbers2letters,{1,"XS";2,"S";3,"M";4,"L";5,"XL";6,"XXL"},
    convertTo, SORT(LEFT(MyList,12)&VLOOKUP(MID(MyList,13,3),letters2numbers,2,0)),
    IFERROR(LEFT(convertTo,12)&VLOOKUP(MID(convertTo,13,3)*1,numbers2letters,2,0),"")
    )
    3
    001/223 590-M 001/223 400-M
    4
    001/223 590-S 001/223 400-L
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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    Bravo! Great use of the LET function. Me likey!!!

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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    Thanks AliGW. I've blushed myself

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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    The last thing I got this excited about was PowerQuery. LET, for me, is the find of the year so far. I've just started playing with it.

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    Re: Sort cells with numbers and text but not alphabetically

    Thanks for this guys I will see if I can do it

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