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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / November 2007sorting data, ignore "the"
Is there a way I can sort data and ignore the first word if it starts with "The"? Basically, I have an inventory list that has a lot of book titles that have "The" as the first word and I'd like skip the and sort by the second word. >Is there a way I can sort data and ignore the first word if it starts with >"The"? Basically, I have an inventory list that has a lot of book titles >that have "The" as the first word and I'd like skip the and sort by the >second word. Add a helper column with a formula that eliminates "The ". e.g. =IF(LEFT(A1,4)="The ",MID(A1,5,255),A1) Then sort on the helper column. Make sure the 255 is large enough to include all of your data in the cell. --ron Sweet, thanks for that formula! >>Is there a way I can sort data and ignore the first word if it starts with >>"The"? Basically, I have an inventory list that has a lot of book titles [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Make sure the 255 is large enough to include all of your data in the cell. > --ron |
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