Question

Could anyone please help me with sorting a variant

   var_a = activesheet.range("A3:AL" & lastrow ).value 

   var_a 1 column has some numbers
   var_a 2 column has dates 2/22/2011 like these
   var_a 3 column some other and so on

Now the entire variant var_a should be sorted in ascending order considering the column 2 that has dates

I know the way to do on the sheets but never worked on a variant , yes i can sort the sheet and then get the contents of the sheet into a var_a is one solution but sorting the sheet its taking 30 to 40 seconds which is undesired so i wanted to sort the variant instead of sheet.

Please help me with these Thanks

Answer 1

Niko,

Rather than implement a sort routine inside the variant you should use Excel’s native sorting for this. If you are struggling with your current file (I suggest you try sorting the current data with Manual Calculation first) then a workaround would be to

• derive your variant from your current file
• dump the variant to a new workbook (closing your current file is an option)
• run the sort and then either create a new sorted variant array, or update the existing variant array
• dump the sorted variant array back to your original file (or manipulate further as needed)