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aRangerpete
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Jan 11, 2022

Sort decending/acending list with macro

Hello

We are trying to do some calculations but something goes wrong. In column J you can see some numbers and in some cells we have equal numbers. We want to sort the numbers in column L and K related to the numbers in column J. We want to run the calculations first in J followed by L and K. The numbers in L and K should sort ascending when we run our macro. If you look in the cells in J39 and J40 we have the same numbers (17). But the numbers in L39, L40 should sort ascending. The right calculation should give 2 in L39 and 4 in L40. For K 39 should that be 4 and and 15 in K40. The same problem occurs when we have several equal numbers in column J.

 

I hope someone can take a little time to solve our problem

 

Best regards  

 

 

 

Sub sortera()

Dim counter As Integer

counter = 3
For i = 2 To 4

For i2 = 3 To 15

Cells(counter, 13) = counter - 2
Cells(counter, 10) = Cells(i2, i)
Cells(counter, 11) = i2
Cells(counter, 12) = i

counter = counter + 1
Next i2

Next i

Call SortMultipleColumns

End Sub

Sub SortMultipleColumns()

Range("J3:L41").Sort Key1:=[J3], Order1:=xlDescending, _
Key2:=[L3], Order2:=xlAscending, _
Key3:=[K3], Order3:=xlAscending

Call placeNewRank

End Sub


Sub placeNewRank()

For i = 3 To 41
Cells(Cells(i, 11), Cells(i, 12) + 4) = Cells(i, 13)
Next i

End Sub

4 Replies

  • aRangerpete 

    Could you attach a small sample workbook or make it available via OneDrive, Google Drive or similar, so that we can experiment?

      • HansVogelaar's avatar
        HansVogelaar
        MVP

        aRangerpete 

        I have downloaded your sample workbook - thanks!

        I see the problem; it appears to be a bug in the way Excel handles a mix of ascending and descending sort orders. I don't see an easy solution - let's see if someone else comes up with a bright idea.

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