Maybe you don't need to sort the data.

I'd add headers (if you don't have them already)
Then select the column with those codes and use
data|filter|autofilter

You can use the custom option and use Contains BS (for example).

Jay wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with all the reports and studies, under the coloum
coding, I classify them as BS- for building structure, WA- water, SW -
sidewalk, TE - telecommunication. Some of the reports has 2 to 3 coding
listed on it, so I place such code and separate them using comma - BS, WA,
TE.

I s there any way or maybe a macro that I can sort my reports by individual
code, like BS only or WA.

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Dave Peterson