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SOrting by currency symbol

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SOrting by currency symbol

I have a list of currency amounts.
Any in £ or Euro have the cell formatted to currency, Any in $ are formatted as general.

I want to sort the file by currency symbol but due to the difference in formatting Excel just formats by amount.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Rich.

RE: SOrting by currency symbol

Hi Richard, thanks for your query. Couple of thoughts, you could use a linked formula to trim off the $ symbol and then reformat those cells into currencies. Alternatively, use the $ sign as a delimiter, split the cells up to separate the values out and then reformat out. Basically, you need to get the raw data out of those cells with mixed text & numbers and then use data formatting before you filter. If you have large amounts of data consider building a macro as well.

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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