Sort Letters

The Sort Letters function is a feature that allows you to alphabetically sort the characters within a cell:

See it in Action

Requirements

Data

• Target Data

  • Data Range: Identify the cells range where you want to apply the function.

  • Columns Included: Check this option if your selected range includes the first row as column headers. This ensures that the first row is recognized as column names and excluded from the processing.

• Sort Order

  • Ascending: Choose this option to sort the characters within each selected cell from A to Z, or numerically from lowest to highest.

  • Descending: Select this to sort the characters from Z to A, or numerically from highest to lowest.

Fill empty cells with

• Keep Empty: Leave cells that are empty as is, without adding any text.

• Forward Fill: Copy the value from the nearest non-empty cell above into empty cells before adding the specified letters or text.

• Backward Fill: Copy the value from the nearest non-empty cell below into empty cells before adding the specified letters or text.

• -: Fill empty cells with a letter "-".

• 0: Fill empty cells with a letter "0".

• Custom: Allows for a custom value or text to be inserted into empty cells prior to adding the specified letters.

Result Destination

Specify the starting cell where the results will be placed.