In order to perform a VLOOKUP I need to have a table array sorted in ascending order or it will not return the proper lookup results upon upating.
How can a obtain an ascending order that is true to the numeric sequence where 1.1.3 is placed before, not after, 1.1.11?
When I try to sort the table in ascending order the result is not desireable. If the numbering sequence is ie:
| 1.1 | Story |
| 1.1.1 | Story chapter 1.1.1 |
| 1.1.2 | Story chapter 1.1.2 |
| 1.1.3 | Story chapter 1.1.3 |
| 1.1.4 | Story chapter 1.1.4 |
| 1.1.5.1 | Story chapter 1.1.5 |
| 1.1.6 | Story chapter 1.1.6 |
| 1.1.7 | Story chapter 1.1.7 |
| 1.1.8 | Story chapter 1.1.8 |
| 1.1.9 | Story chapter 1.1.9 |
| 1.1.10 | Story chapter 1.1.10 |
| 1.1.10.1 | Story chapter 1.1.11 |
| 1.1.10.2 | Story chapter 1.1.12 |
| 1.1.11 | Story chapter 1.1.13 |
| 1.1.11.1 | Story chapter 1.1.14 |
| 1.1.11.2 | Story chapter 1.1.15 |
| 1.1.11.3 | Story chapter 1.1.16 |
I get back:
| 1.1 | Story |
| 1.1.1 | Story chapter 1.1.1 |
| 1.1.10 | Story chapter 1.1.10 |
| 1.1.10.1 | Story chapter 1.1.11 |
| 1.1.10.2 | Story chapter 1.1.12 |
| 1.1.11 | Story chapter 1.1.13 |
| 1.1.11.1 | Story chapter 1.1.14 |
| 1.1.11.2 | Story chapter 1.1.15 |
| 1.1.11.3 | Story chapter 1.1.16 |
| 1.1.2 | Story chapter 1.1.2 |
| 1.1.3 | Story chapter 1.1.3 |
| 1.1.4 | Story chapter 1.1.4 |
| 1.1.5.1 | Story chapter 1.1.5 |
| 1.1.6 | Story chapter 1.1.6 |
| 1.1.7 | Story chapter 1.1.7 |
| 1.1.8 | Story chapter 1.1.8 |
| 1.1.9 | Story chapter 1.1.9 |
This is not the right numbering sequence but is the one Excel seems to recognize as ascending order.