{"id":12086,"date":"2011-11-14T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnexcelmacro.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2018-01-04T22:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T22:54:30","slug":"sorting-a-string-stored-in-a-cell-of-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2011\/11\/sorting-a-string-stored-in-a-cell-of-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting a String stored in a cell of Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n<p>By using Excel Macro, we can sort a String which is stored in a Cell in an Excel Sheet. Sorting will be done as a String. For example (Ascending): First all Numeric Values in ascending Order then Special Chars then Alphabets in ascending etc.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_6581\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/12\/5614-Sort-N-Count-RGB-400x400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/12\/5614-Sort-N-Count-RGB-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sorting\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6581\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorting<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nFor this <strong>we need to copy and Paste below Sub Function<\/strong> in the Module of your Excel VBA. Now call this function from which ever sheet you want.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-vbnet\">\r\nSub Sorting()\r\n\r\nDim str_array(1000), temp, input_str As String\r\nDim flag As Boolean\r\nflag = False\r\n\r\ninput_str = Range(\"A1\").Value\r\nl = Len(input_str)\r\n\r\n'--- Store complete string in an array format letter by letter\r\n\r\nFor i = 1 To l\r\ntemp = Left(input_str, i)\r\nstr_array(i) = Right(temp, 1)\r\nNext\r\n\r\n'--- We need to Sort all the letters in ascending or Descending Order\r\n'--- For that i will add a Sheet in workbook and copy all the letters in one column and sort it by Excel Sort functionality\r\n\r\nFor Each Sheet In Sheets\r\nIf Sheet.Name = \"config\" Then\r\nflag = True\r\nEnd If\r\nNext Sheet\r\nIf flag = False Then\r\nWorksheets.Add().Name = \"config\"\r\nEnd If\r\n\r\n'--- Select that config Sheet\r\n\r\nWorksheets(\"config\").Activate\r\n\r\nFor i = 1 To l\r\nsrange = \"A\" & i\r\nRange(srange).Value = str_array(i)\r\nNext\r\n\r\n'--- Now Sort that Column with all values\r\n\r\nsrange = \"A1:\" & srange\r\nRange(srange).Select\r\nActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(\"config\").sort.SortFields.Clear\r\nActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(\"config\").sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range(\"A1\"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, _\r\nOrder:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal\r\nWith ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(\"config\").sort\r\n.SetRange Range(srange)\r\n.Header = xlNo\r\n.MatchCase = False\r\n.Orientation = xlTopToBottom\r\n.SortMethod = xlPinYin\r\n.Apply\r\nEnd With\r\n\r\n'--- After sorting now Store back all the letters in the array variable\r\n\r\nFor i = 1 To l\r\nsrange = \"A\" & i\r\nstr_array(i) = Range(srange).Value\r\nNext\r\nWorksheets(\"Sheet2\").Activate\r\ninput_str = \"\"\r\nFor i = 1 To l\r\ninput_str = input_str & str_array(i)\r\nNext\r\n\r\n'--- Put the sorted String in your cell where you want\r\n\r\nRange(\"A2\").Value = input_str\r\n\r\n'--- Delete that config file now\r\n\r\nApplication.DisplayAlerts = False\r\nWorksheets(\"config\").Delete\r\nApplication.DisplayAlerts = True\r\n\r\nEnd Sub\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers, By using Excel Macro, we can sort a String which is stored in a Cell in an Excel Sheet. 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