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Excel Sort Numeric Column By Number
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I have a column of integers in my spreadsheet, and the column is formatted as a number. Each cell inside the column is formatted as a number. But I can't seem to sort them in numerical order - you know, 1,2...9,10,11... Instead, it always sorts them according to text sorting : 10, 100, 101, 102...1…
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Fix for: Excel Sort Numeric Column By Number
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It sounds as if your numbers are being interpreted as text by Excel. A good indication of this is that they automatically align to the left of each cell. Numbers normally are aligned to the right. If this is the case, a simple fix is to move into a …
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