Sorting Columns

[BiochemBoi95]

I am trying to figure out a way to sort each pair of "Bendability" and "Curvature" columns based on the "Bendability" columns values going from low to high. I have many columns of data and if there is a more automatic way of doing this, that would be awesome.

Here is an example of my data:

Position	Bendability	Position	Bendability	Position	Bendability	Position	Bendability
29​	5.5984​	29​	2.3966​	29​	4.4758​	29​	3.2822​
30​	6.3233​	42​	4.4428​	30​	2.2066​	30​	3.7015​
31​	6.6904​	41​	4.8421​	31​	4.0335​	31​	5.1261​
32​	6.0579​	34​	5.1842​	32​	7.7086​	32​	5.2788​
33​	6.195​	39​	5.1842​	33​	6.8403​	33​	4.8691​
34​	5.976​	44​	5.4089​	34​	5.5164​	34​	2.5104​
35​	5.0215​	35​	5.4162​	35​	5.4397​	35​	4.0335​
36​	4.527​	45​	5.4856​	36​	5.4089​	36​	7.7086​
37​	2.2066​	33​	5.5164​	37​	5.4856​	37​	6.8403​
38​	4.0335​	46​	5.5164​	38​	5.5164​	38​	5.5164​
39​	6.6037​	30​	5.7576​	39​	5.1842​	39​	7.0673​
40​	6.0579​	43​	5.827​	40​	5.9708​	40​	7.9188​
41​	4.8421​	40​	5.9708​	41​	4.8421​	41​	7.2362​
42​	6.0705​	38​	5.976​	42​	6.0705​	42​	7.7171​
43​	7.4868​	32​	6.5263​	43​	7.4868​	43​	5.3879​
44​	4.8802​	36​	6.6082​	44​	5.8914​	44​	4.0247​
45​	4.848​	31​	7.072​	45​	5.8914​	45​	5.4856​
46​	5.827​	37​	7.2998​	46​	4.8802​	46​	5.5164​

Here is an example of how I want it all sorted

Position	Bendability
37​	2.2066​
38​	4.0335​
36​	4.527​
41​	4.8421​
45​	4.848​
44​	4.8802​
35​	5.0215​
29​	5.5984​
46​	5.827​
34​	5.976​
32​	6.0579​
40​	6.0579​
42​	6.0705​
33​	6.195​
30​	6.3233​
39​	6.6037​
31​	6.6904​
43​	7.4868​

Thanks in advance.

 

[DanteAmor]

Try this:

Sub Sorting_Columns()
  Dim i As Long
  Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  For i = 1 To Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(1).Column Step 2
    Cells(1, i).Resize(Cells(Rows.Count, i).End(3).Row, 2).Sort Cells(1, i + 1), xlAscending, Header:=xlYes
  Next
End Sub

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[BiochemBoi95]

Thanks so much it worked great! Would you know how to do the opposite and now sort based on the position columns?

 

[DanteAmor]

Change this

Cells(1, i + 1),

To this

Cells(1, i),

 

[BiochemBoi95]

Thanks again!

 

[DanteAmor]

I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.