Knowledgebase: Microsoft Excel
Sorting mixed alpha and numeric cells (#mixed)
Posted by - NA - on 21 March 2006 06:11 AM
Problem: want to sort mixed text and numbers as if text

Solution: Create a helper column, use to following formula and fill down, then sort on the helper column.
=IF(ISBLANK(A1),CHAR(255), IF(ISTEXT(A1),A1,TEXT(A1,"@")))
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