How to sort() value with alpha numeric

mart_mrexcel

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
I have values in a column where i want to sort (using SORT function) from highest to lowest (or vice versa), but the data has letters.

T3
T12
T7
T14
T13
T15
T5
T4
T2
T0
T16
 

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Here is an option to try:
Book1
AB
2T3T0
3T12T2
4T7T3
5T14T4
6T13T5
7T15T7
8T5T12
9T4T13
10T2T14
11T0T15
12T16T16
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B12B2=LET(r,A2:A12,d,--SUBSTITUTE(r,"T",""),SORTBY(r,d,1))
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Here is an option to try:
Book1
AB
2T3T0
3T12T2
4T7T3
5T14T4
6T13T5
7T15T7
8T5T12
9T4T13
10T2T14
11T0T15
12T16T16
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B12B2=LET(r,A2:A12,d,--SUBSTITUTE(A2:A12,"T",""),SORTBY(r,d,1))
Dynamic array formulas.
That works perfect ... thank you
 
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You are welcome, thanks for the feedback.

I have made the formula slightly shorter in post 4.
 
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