Example
The following proceedure builds and sorts data in a range in the active worksheet.
Visual Basic for Applications
Sub SortData()
'Building data to sort on the active sheet.
Range("A1").Value = "Name"
Range("A2").Value = "Bill"
Range("A3").Value = "Rod"
Range("A4").Value = "John"
Range("A5").Value = "Paddy"
Range("A6").Value = "Kelly"
Range("A7").Value = "William"
Range("A8").Value = "Janet"
Range("A9").Value = "Florence"
Range("A10").Value = "Albert"
Range("A11").Value = "Mary"
MsgBox "The list is out of order. Hit Ok to continue...", vbInformation
'Selecting a cell within the range.
Range("A2").Select
'Applying sort.
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(ActiveSheet.Name).Sort
.SortFields.Clear
.SortFields.Add Key:=Range("A2:A11"), _
SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
.SetRange Range("A1:A11")
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
MsgBox "Sort complete.", vbInformation
End Sub