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Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

ASAP Utilities  › Range  ›  4. Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

This tool sorts the values within each selected cell, based on your chosen separator. You can sort:
  • Alphabetically (A-Z)
  • Reverse alphabetically (Z-A)
  • Or reverse the current order Supported separators:
  • Space
  • Comma
  • Comma + space
  • Semicolon
  • Line break (Alt+Enter)
  • Or a custom character of your choice Examples:
  • "Orange, Apple, Banana" → "Apple, Banana, Orange" (A-Z)
  • "Q1;Q3;Q2" → "Q3;Q2;Q1" (Z-A)
  • "Red Blue Green" → "Green Blue Red" (reverse order) Sorting values inside a single cell helps:
  • Clean up unordered lists (tags, categories, names, etc.)
  • Standardize data for duplicate checking or comparison
  • Prepare cells for lookups or matching
  • Improve readability in exports or forms
  • Create consistent input formats (e.g., skills, allergens, roles) You can also use this in a temporary helper column to make it easier to find duplicates when the same values are listed in a different order.
    Example: "Excel, PowerPoint" and "PowerPoint, Excel" are both sorted as "Excel, PowerPoint", so they can be matched more easily.

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    Additional keywords for this tool:
    Sort values in a single cell, Sort comma-separated values, Sort words inside a cell, Sort text in cell by comma, Reverse word order in cell, Sort items inside a cell, Sort space-separated values, Alphabetize words in cell, Sort semicolon-separated values, Cell content sorter, Sort line break separated values, Sort delimited text, Reverse text list in cell, Reorder values inside cell, Sort or reverse order of words in cell



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