VBA to Sort Data Alphanumerically

mfast

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I have many different lines of part numbers that have similar data to the example below that I would want a VBA to sort alphanumerically. I just cant figure it out. Help will be much appreciated.

Excel Sort:

32583
274842
274843
274844
274845
274846
274847
641288A
641316A
641317A
641318A
641319A
641320A
641321A
641322A
641333A
641345A
641346A
641347A
641348A
641359A
641660A
641663A
641664A
641665A
641666A
641667A
641668A
641669A
641671A
641672A
641712A
64315A
64469A
64562A
CP1403
CP1404
CP1405
CP818
CP819
CP830
CP831

What I am looking for:

CP818
CP819
CP830
CP831
CP1403
CP1404
CP1405
32583
274842
274843
274844
274845
274846
274847
64315A
64469A
64562A
641288A
641316A
641317A
641318A
641319A
641320A
641321A
641322A
641333A
641345A
641346A
641347A
641348A
641359A
641660A
641663A
641664A
641665A
641666A
641667A
641668A
641669A
641671A
641672A
641712A
 
Your desired sort has some conditional ordering. It looks at the number part as a number rather than text. Your desired result has "32583" before "274842" which makes sense when sorted as a value, but not with any alphanumeric sort.
There is the same conflict in all the "CP...." items.
So you need to verify that very non-standard sort method is really what you want. Because the next person to sort (especially without what ever solution you find) probably won't be available to them. Then their list won't be in the same order....
 
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