Hello Dries Thank you for your reply. Yes i am aware of the ascii code but it doesnt seem to apply when some cells contain numbers rather than text. For example # comes before "1" in the table but it sorts after numbers. I want something i can put in a cell which will sort before any number. I suspect there isnt anything. Maybe it might work if i can convert all the relevant numbers i have entered to text but im still looking for a way to do that. Format>cells>numbers and selecting text doesnt do it, at least not in 5.2.2.2 under windows7. The format *appears* to change in that the numbers become left justified like strings but istext (cell) still returns false.... /G. -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 9/3/17, Dries Feys <dries.f...@tvh.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] sorting in calc To: "Gary Collins" <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> Date: Thursday, 9 March, 2017, 8:32 Gary, You could check http://www.asciitable.com/ to see the order. Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES FEYS CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer TVH GROUP NV Brabantstraat 15 • BE-8790 WAREGEM T +32 56 43 42 11 • F +32 56 43 44 88 • www.tvh.com View our company movies via downloads on our website. On 8 March 2017 at 19:59, Gary Collins <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, > Is there a character i can enter into a cell that will come *before* numbers in the sort order? > I mean, before other cells that actually contain numbers rather than numerical strings > > Thanks > Gary > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- **** DISCLAIMER **** http://www.tvh.com/glob/en/email-disclaimer "This message is delivered to all addressees subject to the conditions set forth in the attached disclaimer, which is an integral part of this message." -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
