Highest Number Letter In A Range

[Waterloo]

Hi Guys

I have a large single column of related number ranges suffixed with letters ranging from A-Z. The letters represent part numbers. There may be one number in a range (e.g. 0100202037A) or multiple numbers in a range (e.g. 0100200000A, 0100200000B, etc.) All numbers in a number range are suffixed by a letter.

I would like to copy the highest part number for each number range in Column A and place this number in Column B, as per the example below:

Column A Column B

0100200000A
0100200000B
0100200000C
0100200000D
0100200000E
0100200000F
0100200000G 0100200000G
0100201007A
0100201007B 0100201007B
0100201510A 0100201510A
0100202011A
0100202011B 0100202011B
0100202029A
0100202029B
0100202029C 0100202029C
0100202037A 0100202037A

Any help would be most appreciated

Martin

 

[AlphaFrog]

This assumes your data in column A is sorted as in your example.

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Copy the formula in B1 down column B

 

[Waterloo]

AlphaFrog you are a genius! Thankyou so much for your help, and so simple to!