# Numerical sorting of filenames with multiple decimal numbers

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/numerical-sorting-of-filenames-with-multiple-decimal-numbers/26263
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/numerical-sorting-of-filenames-with-multiple-decimal-numbers/26263 "2017-06-30T19:26:06Z")
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### Author: ![wowbagger](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/wowbagger/32/25880_2.png) [@wowbagger](https://resource.dopus.com/u/wowbagger)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/numerical-sorting-of-filenames-with-multiple-decimal-numbers/26263/2 "2017-06-30T22:18:11Z")

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With multiple numbers, it might be getting confused trying to figure out what it should sort on.

You would have better success creating a **custom column** , pulling out the number you care about and sorting by that. There is a script for this [RegexColumnsReloaded (easily add regex columns or any kind of column)](https://resource.dopus.com/t/regexcolumnsreloaded-easily-add-regex-columns-or-any-kind-of-column/20799).

I had a problem, I decided to solve it with regexp, now I have two problems ;).

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