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How do I get Excel to ignore "a", "an", "the" when sorting?
I am maintaining a large list of books. They are customarily sorted by
ignoring the initial "A", "An", or "The" when these are the first words of a title. Is there a rule or macro that can tell Excel to ignore them in this position? |
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How do I get Excel to ignore "a", "an", "the" when sorting?
Here an implementation:
Sub ignore() s1 = "A " s2 = "An " s3 = "The " v = Range("A1").Value If Left(v, 2) = s1 Then v = Right(v, Len(v) - 2) Else If Left(v, 3) = s2 Then v = Right(v, Len(v) - 3) Else If Left(v, 4) = s3 Then v = Right(v, Len(v) - 4) End If End If End If MsgBox (v) End Sub -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200841 "Sedro6" wrote: I am maintaining a large list of books. They are customarily sorted by ignoring the initial "A", "An", or "The" when these are the first words of a title. Is there a rule or macro that can tell Excel to ignore them in this position? |
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