How to auto sort column by value in Excel?
For example, you have a purchase table as left screen shot shown. Now you want the Price column to be sorted automatically when you enter new number/price in this column, how could you solve it? Here I introduce a VBA macro to help you auto sort a specific column by value in Excel.
Auto sort column by value with VBA
Auto sort column by value with VBA
This VBA macro will sort all data in a specific column automatically as soon as you enter new data or change value in the column in Excel.
1. Right click current sheet name in the Sheet Tab bar, and then click the View Code from the right-clicking menu.
2. In the opening Microsoft Visual Basic for Application dialog box, paste the following VBA macro code into the opening window.
VBA: Auto Sort Column in Excel
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) On Error Resume Next If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then Range("B1").Sort Key1:=Range("B2"), _ Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlYes, _ OrderCustom:=1, MatchCase:=False, _ Orientation:=xlTopToBottom End If End Sub
Note: In the above vba code, B:B means it will auto sort Column B, B1 is the first cell in Column B, B2 is the second cell in Column B, and you can change them based on your needs.
3. Then go back to the worksheet, when you enter a new number in the Price column or modify any existing prices, the Price column will be automatically sorted in ascending order.
Note: when entering new number in the Price column, you must enter the number in the first blank cell below original numbers. If there are blank cells between new entered number and original numbers as well as blank cells between original numbers, this column won't be sorted automatically.
Demo: Auto sort column by value with VBA in Excel
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