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Hi,

  I'm working with electronic components that are referenced by a letter and a number(i.e. C1 C2 C3...) and I want to be able to sort these by letter then by number. Using Data>>Sort leaves me with:

C1
C11
C12
C13
C14
.
.
.
C2
C21
C22
.
.
.

Yet, I want it as C1,C2,C3....C10,C11,C12. Is there an easy way around this problem?

Thanks.
Thanks.

RE: Sorting

Use C01, C02 etc.

xnuke
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RE: Sorting

Use ASAP utilities (www.asap-utilities.com), which has an Advanced Sorting option. You can sort by "Alphanumeric strings based on their numeric portions" as they call it.

Cheers,
Joerd

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