Excel Sorting Problem
 

This one has me stumped.

I have a VB Script that is as follows:
if "~~~" <"~A~" then
msgbox("~~~ comes before ~A~")
else
msgbox("~A~ comes before ~~~")
end if

When I execute the script it returns "~A~ comes before ~~~". This is correct.

But when I put "~~~" and "~A~" in an Excel spreadsheet and sort them, it
lists as follows:
~~~
~A~

I have verified my sorting options in data sort sort options.

Why is VB Script sorting one way and Excel sorting another?
Thanks in advance!!

Excel Sorting Problem
 

I'm not sure anyone here can definitively answer a "why" question.

Except for "that's the way the developers did it".

You may want to look at: "Default sort orders" in excel's help.


Eric Weller wrote:

This one has me stumped.

I have a VB Script that is as follows:
if "~~~" <"~A~" then
msgbox("~~~ comes before ~A~")
else
msgbox("~A~ comes before ~~~")
end if

When I execute the script it returns "~A~ comes before ~~~". This is correct.

But when I put "~~~" and "~A~" in an Excel spreadsheet and sort them, it
lists as follows:
~~~
~A~

I have verified my sorting options in data sort sort options.

Why is VB Script sorting one way and Excel sorting another?
Thanks in advance!!

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Dave Peterson