Sorting alphanumeric field in list view

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lakshmi_patel
Kilo Explorer

‎07-31-2017 10:25 PM

Hi All,

I have a string kind of field and i need to sort this numerically in ascending order, right now it is displaying all starting with 1 first then the ones starting with 2 and so on. I want to show the numbers in ascending order. Any suggestions will be appreciated on this.

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Lakshmi

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antin_s
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In response to lakshmi_patel

‎07-31-2017 10:39 PM

Hi Lakshmi,



For this to work, you need to have the String Values like 01, 02, 03, ..... 11,   43. If you think you might have 3 digit, you should have it as 001, 002, 003, ...etc.



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Thanks


Antin


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PrashantLearnIT
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‎07-31-2017 10:30 PM

Hi Lakshmi



It is coming as per ascending only as far as i see your screenshot.


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lakshmi_patel
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In response to PrashantLearnIT

‎07-31-2017 10:35 PM

Hi Prashant,



It is first showing all names starting with 1, then all starting with 2.   The sequence is like shown below:



1


11


12


2


21


24


3


31


35


4


41


43



I hope this clarifies my issue.


2 should be shown after 1, not after 12.



Regards


Lakshmi


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PrashantLearnIT
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In response to lakshmi_patel

‎07-31-2017 10:38 PM

HI Lakshmi,



What is the data type for that field?


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lakshmi_patel
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In response to PrashantLearnIT

‎07-31-2017 10:39 PM

Hi Prashant,



It is string.


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