Sort Excel Column on Fifth Character
Hi,
Is it possible to sort an Excel column on the fifth character? If so, how is it done? If not, is it possible to write a macro to copy each Excel column to Access, sort the column on the fifth character in Access, and copy the column back to Excel? And if so, how? Would this be further complicated because each Excel column is filled with items from a drop-down menu that exists only in each column itself? -- Dolores |
Sort Excel Column on Fifth Character
Insert a new column alongside your data and use the MID function to extract
the character on which you want to sort into the new column Let's assume the column you want to use for sorting is D. Use =mid(D2,5,1) to extract the 5th character. Copy the formula to all rows, then sort on that column "Dolores" wrote: Hi, Is it possible to sort an Excel column on the fifth character? If so, how is it done? If not, is it possible to write a macro to copy each Excel column to Access, sort the column on the fifth character in Access, and copy the column back to Excel? And if so, how? Would this be further complicated because each Excel column is filled with items from a drop-down menu that exists only in each column itself? -- Dolores |
Sort Excel Column on Fifth Character
Thanks very much, Duke. You're a life saver!
-- Dolores "Duke Carey" wrote: Insert a new column alongside your data and use the MID function to extract the character on which you want to sort into the new column Let's assume the column you want to use for sorting is D. Use =mid(D2,5,1) to extract the 5th character. Copy the formula to all rows, then sort on that column "Dolores" wrote: Hi, Is it possible to sort an Excel column on the fifth character? If so, how is it done? If not, is it possible to write a macro to copy each Excel column to Access, sort the column on the fifth character in Access, and copy the column back to Excel? And if so, how? Would this be further complicated because each Excel column is filled with items from a drop-down menu that exists only in each column itself? -- Dolores |
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