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Sorting highest to lowest doesn't work

Anonymous
2016-01-07T17:31:21+00:00

I exported data from Google AdWords. When working with the Excel sheet I realize that the sorting is not working properly. When I use the standard data filter and select sort highest to lowest I get this output:

9

9

9

87

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

70

7

7

7

7

68

So it seems it's only sorting the most significant number. What can be wrong?

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Ashish Mathur 101.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2016-01-08T00:18:22+00:00

Hi,

Those seem to be Text entries.  Select the entries and go to Data > Text to columns > Finish.  Now sort the data.

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  1. Ashish Mathur 101.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-01-10T00:08:23+00:00

    You are welcome.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-09T21:51:47+00:00

    Thanks for answers. Ashish, you are right. It work when I converted like you said.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T17:44:10+00:00

    Hi,

    Typically text sort, use custom sort, Z to A, sort anything that looks a number, as a number.

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