Sorting in Numbers

I have a column of alpha-numeric entries: N-1, N-2.....through N-12. When I sort, N-10,11&12 come right after N-1 and before N-2.

Is there a way to tell Numbers that the number after the dash is an integer??

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Apr 30, 2022 4:46 PM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2022 10:34 PM

Sorry but that is not possible.

For Numbers this is a text, because you use "N-" within the cell.

But you could change it to N-01, N-02, .... N-99, then it will sort correct.


Or you could create a "support column" 1, 2, ... 99 and sort this.


Ralf


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