Sorting

[Transient1]

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.

 

[xnuke]

Use C01, C02 etc.

xnuke
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[joerd]

Use ASAP utilities (

http://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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[doct9960]

Try the procedure in here ...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322067