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Default Rearrange data into Columns in same row

Saw your earlier post where someone tried to help you. I think the point of
this site is for people that want to learn VBA to get help from more
experienced users. Not so much to get someone else to do your work for you.
Just sayin'...

"mypetduke" wrote:

Okay this is for the bright ones out there, or is it easy?

I have a lot of text in cells all scattered along the same Row but it's not
aligned into the same Column. The macro can know easily what column it goes
into (again without changing the row which all stays together) because the
first part of the text is named like the Column. For example if the text says
"Name John" then it needs to be placed in the Column that says "Name."

So in other words the Macro would take all the contents of this cell just
because it starts with "Name" and place the whole thing "Name John" into the
Column that says "Name" without moving it outside the original row. There
are about 30 different Columns and they change for each project/worksheet so
I need a Macro where I can choose the new Column names and the text is
scanned and placed into the respective named columns.
Is this too tough a job for this site?

Example:

Text before Sorting

Name Car House
Name John Car Chevy House Ranch
Car Ford Name Mary a blank cell
House Blue Car Chrysler Name Bob

After Macro Sort Column Rearrange

Name Car House
Name John Car Chevy House Ranch
Name Mary Car Ford an actual blank cell (nothing
here at all)
Name Bob Car Chrysler House Blue

As you can see sometimes there is no value for a column or row and that's
okay and should stay blank since it has no name that matches the Column Name

So I should be able to make a list

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. etc.

and the Macro/code would know that the terms in the list are the new Columns
which means, too, it is also the beginning words of the text in the cells to
be rearranged.