Sort table contents

[John]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me if PowerPoint has a table sort function (ie select a
column in a table and sort alphabetically), or is this something I need to
write some code for?

Thanks

John

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Can anyone tell me if PowerPoint has a table sort function (ie select a

column in a table and sort alphabetically), or is this something I need to
write some code for?

No such animal in PPT's own tables, so you'd have to code it yourself.

 

[John]

I had a feeling that would be the answer! Oh well, time to read up on
collections I suppose.

Thanks Steve.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I had a feeling that would be the answer! Oh well, time to read up on
collections I suppose.

I haven't done this myself, but at a guess, you might be able to create an
array dimmed x by y where x/y are the number of rows and columns in the table.

Populate the array with the text (or text converted to numerics) in the table

Sort the array

Replace the text in the table with the text from the array

 

[John]

Thanks Steve. I'll post the results if I can get it working, although I may
pop back here with a few questions on the way.

Best regards

John