Decimal Points and sorting from smallest to largest

Liverlee

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Office Version
  1. 2019
Platform
  1. Windows
Hello.

I'm in need of assistance again. I want to sort the decimals in my spreadsheet from smallest to largest.

In cell b2 i have the formula = ifs(A2="Apple","1.",A2="Orange","2.",A2="Kiwi","3.",A2="Pear","4." This gives me the first part of the decimal.
In cell c2 i have the formula = countifs($a$2:a2,a2) gives me a sequence of numbers to go after the decimal.
In cell d2 i concat b2&c2 to bring them together so it shows a column of decimal numbers i.e 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1,2.50,1.5,3.7,4.8 etc etc

Except they are not numbers so I can't filter and sort from smallest to biggest. I get the sort a-z option.

Is there a simple formula that I can use to change the text into a number or a simple formula to sort my end results out from smallest to largest?
 

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=IFS(A2="Apple",1,A2="Orange",2,A2="Kiwi",3,A2="Pear",4)+COUNTIFS(A$2:A2,A2)/10
 
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Ohhh my, you've sorted me out again in the blink of an eye ? thankyou so much.
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
 
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