.SortMethod = xlPinYin?

[gorem]

Hi all,

Quick question. Most macros I've used that need to sort data alphabetically contain

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]SortMethod [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas] xlPinYin[/FONT][/COLOR]

. What exactly is xlPinYin?

I see this used all over forums, and it has always worked well for me in the past, but I'd love to know if there are any particular idiosyncrasies surrounding it.

Thanks!

 

[shg]

It's used for sorting chinese characters. You need not use it.

SortMethodType: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSortMethod

The type of sort. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed.

Can be one of the following XlSortMethod values:

xlStroke. Sorting by the quantity of strokes in each character.

xlPinYin. Phonetic Chinese sort order for characters.

 

[gorem]

Thanks for the reply! I should clarify - I did know that it was used for sorting chinese characters, however I almost always see it applied to alphabetical sorting macros (in English). Is there an alternative sortmethod i should use, or should i leave that attribute blank? Thanks again for the help.

 

[shg]

It's just what the macro recorder records. You can ignore it if you're not sorting Chinese.

 

[gorem]

Great - thank you! Apologies for the delayed reply. I was out of town.