(probably) a simple sorting question

[DrPips]

Hi all,

I think this is probably quite simple, but google searches are bringing up something slightly different to what I want.

I have an accounts sheet, columns A-C are income, E-G are outgoings. I want to sort income by date, which is column A, and the outgoing by date, which is column E. When I try and filter this in excel, it gives me an error message saying "The command you chose cannot be performed on multiple selections.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks,
Dom

 

[Logit]

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Here are two small macros :'

Option Explicit


Sub srt()
Sheet2.Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Sort key1:=Range("A1:C20"), Header:=xlYes
End Sub


Sub srt2()
Sheet2.Range("E1").CurrentRegion.Sort key1:=Range("E1:G20"), Header:=xlYes
End Sub

 

[JLGWhiz]

Probably only use sort and do once for each three columns of data.
example:

Dim lastRow As Long
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Range("A1:C" & lastRow).Sort Range("A1"), xlAscending, Header:=xlYes
Range("E1:G" & lastRow).Sort Range("E1"), xlAscending, Header:=xlYes

 

[mikerickson]

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I want to sort income by date, which is column A, and the outgoing by date, which is column E. When I try and filter this in excel, it gives me an error message saying "The command you chose cannot be performed on multiple selections.
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Filtering and sorting are different. If you want one, don't do the other.

If you are sorting, you need to sort an entire continuous region. All columns and all rows in that region will be effected by the sort.