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How do I sort a range of IP addresses typed in Excel?
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mmtraining
IS-IT--Management
I would guess that Excel is doing its best. As you don't say what is going wrong, I can only guess at it. Excel starts sorting string figures at 0 or in the case of IP addresses, at 1. It doesn't matter if it is 1 10 or 100. This means that 2 is bigger than 100, which leads to confusion.
The only solution I can see is to format the cells as text, add leading zeros to the addresses, sort and then using find and replace throw out the leading zeros again. Be careful not to throw out all of the zeros, however.
All the best,
Carol
Berlin, Germany
The only solution I can see is to format the cells as text, add leading zeros to the addresses, sort and then using find and replace throw out the leading zeros again. Be careful not to throw out all of the zeros, however.
All the best,
Carol
Berlin, Germany
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Hi,
As Carol said, you didn't explained exactly what's wrong but if your cell's format is "Standard" and you type like this :
001.002.003.1
123.002.145.005
245.2.3.1
255.001.002.123
You normally should be able to sort the collumn without any problem.
Good luck ;-)
Ced
Lausanne / Switzerland
As Carol said, you didn't explained exactly what's wrong but if your cell's format is "Standard" and you type like this :
001.002.003.1
123.002.145.005
245.2.3.1
255.001.002.123
You normally should be able to sort the collumn without any problem.
Good luck ;-)
Ced
Lausanne / Switzerland
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