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Complex Calculated column

I have a column called "Metric ID" and I would like to create a calculated column that adds a 0 to each of the single digits like below so I can sort. This is SP 2007.

1.1.1.1 => 01.01.01.01
1.2.1.1 => 01.02.01.01
10.1.1.1 => 10.01.01.01
16.1.8.5 => 16.01.08.05
17.2.9.1 => 17.02.09.01
2.1.1.1 => 20.01.01.01
1.1.3.1 => 01.01.03.01
1.1.1.5 => 01.01.01.05

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Rainer Jeschor

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Isaac

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Rainer,

Thanks! It worked but could you please break down the formulas. I would like to understand your thinking.

=(1000000*FirstPart)+(1000*SecondPart)+ThirdPart+(0.001*LastPart)

Also, please explain this too.
Second part
=LEFT(RIGHT([Metric ID],(LEN([Metric ID])-(LEN(FirstPart)+1))),(SEARCH(".",RIGHT([Metric ID],(LEN([Metric ID])-(LEN(FirstPart)+1))),1)-1))

I just want to understand it all.

Thanks!

Rainer Jeschor

Hi,
as you mentioned, the sorting on the calculated columns is not working as expected and you can only choose two columns to be sorted on in the list view.

Therefore I convert the extracted parts into numbers and giving them the right "weight".
By multiplying the first part with one million and adding the second part multiplied with 1000, the third part with no "weight" and the last one with a division by 0,001 I will get a correctly formatted number

1.0.1.0 == 1000001.0
10.0.10.0 == 10000010
10.1.0.0 == 10001000

The second part calculation works like this:
Take the right part without the first part.
In this string search the next "." and take the left part of it.

HTH
Rainer