Comments on: More Sorting Multiple Columns http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: C.G. http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/#comment-2531 C.G. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=851#comment-2531 <p>I agree with all the above.</p> <p>I use multi-column concatenations all the time for sorting, lookup and area formula purposes. It works like a charm but as discussed above it has to be set up properly. For example, if one column is expected to have numbers of one to five digits, then those numbers have to left-padded with zeros with Text(b2,"00000?) ...</p> I agree with all the above.

I use multi-column concatenations all the time for sorting, lookup and area formula purposes. It works like a charm but as discussed above it has to be set up properly. For example, if one column is expected to have numbers of one to five digits, then those numbers have to left-padded with zeros with Text(b2,”00000?) …

]]> By: Zoltan Till http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/#comment-2530 Zoltan Till Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=851#comment-2530 <p>This is also useful for multi conditional SUMIF and COUNTIF.<br> I used many times.<br> Zoltan</p> This is also useful for multi conditional SUMIF and COUNTIF.
I used many times.
Zoltan

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/#comment-2529 Jon Peltier Tue, 09 Nov 2004 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=851#comment-2529 <p>Tom's approach is also useful to set up a lazy-man's multi column lookup.</p> <p>- Jon</p> Tom’s approach is also useful to set up a lazy-man’s multi column lookup.

- Jon

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/#comment-2528 ross Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=851#comment-2528 <p>Dick, did you ever get anywhere with the fuzzy sort thing you posted a while back - i had a quite look one day (when i needed to do something similar) but could't reallt offer anything new.</p> Dick, did you ever get anywhere with the fuzzy sort thing you posted a while back – i had a quite look one day (when i needed to do something similar) but could’t reallt offer anything new.

]]> By: Tom http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/11/08/more-sorting-multiple-columns/#comment-2527 Tom Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=851#comment-2527 <p>Use the TEXT formula to format the numeric field and for the Aplabetic Fields use the REPT function to append spaces to the end.</p> <p>=TEXT(B2,"00?)&TEXT(C2,"000?)&TEXT(D2,"00?)&A2&REPT(" ",20-LEN(A2))</p> <p>NameWeekAmountNumberSort<br> John2600160260016John<br> Tom3300190330019Tom<br> Dick4100140410014Dick<br> John4200120420012John<br> Dick5300180530018Dick<br> Tom5800140580014Tom<br> John650050650005John<br> Tom710090710009Tom<br> Dick8400190840019Dick</p> Use the TEXT formula to format the numeric field and for the Aplabetic Fields use the REPT function to append spaces to the end.

=TEXT(B2,”00?)&TEXT(C2,”000?)&TEXT(D2,”00?)&A2&REPT(” “,20-LEN(A2))

NameWeekAmountNumberSort
John2600160260016John
Tom3300190330019Tom
Dick4100140410014Dick
John4200120420012John
Dick5300180530018Dick
Tom5800140580014Tom
John650050650005John
Tom710090710009Tom
Dick8400190840019Dick

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