# Numeric sorting in string field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 15, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numeric-sorting-in-string-field/78754 "2017-03-15T19:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Manvir\_Basra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Manvir\_Basra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manvir_Basra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numeric-sorting-in-string-field/78754/1 "2017-03-15T19:21:02Z")
Even though field is String and can have something other than digits, we would like it sorted numerically. - numeric numbers sorted numerically first - anything non-numeric at the end including the empty ones Looks like this is common problem but i have hard time finding solution. is there anything built in elastic search to solve this problem? any ideas how this can be solved? 1 2 3 10 11 20 21 30 32 2001 1 to 10 1, 2, 5 1A 2B 8(1) bailey Boffey Book 1 to 10 Book H873/2 BROWN ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numeric-sorting-in-string-field/78754/2 "2017-04-12T19:21:11Z")
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