Reverse order of data in a cell

[QuickC]

I am trying to figure how to reverse data in a string located in a cell. The string elements are separated by commas. For example, the string is : US=country,State=NorthCarolina,City =Charlotte. I want to reverse it to read City=Charlotte,State=NorthCarolina,Country=US.

Thanks

 

[CajunCenturion]

You might try using the Split function to separate the entries by the comma, and then rebuild the string by walking the array from UBound to LBound.

Good Luck
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[Mutt]

Could use VBasic function, am sure you could optimise code but here is one solution :

Function reverse(A As String)

Dim B(30)
A = A + ","
Do While Len(A) > 0
i = i + 1
num = Application.WorksheetFunction.Find(",", A)
B(i) = Left(A, num - 1)
A = Right(A, Len(A) - num)
Loop
For j = i To 1 Step -1
reverse = reverse + B(j) + ","
Next j
reverse = Left(reverse, Len(reverse) - 1)

End Function

 

[EvolBob]

You could also use an array entered formula:

=RIGHT(B2,MATCH(",",MID(B2,LEN(B2)-ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(B2))),1),0))&","&MID(B2,FIND(",",B2)+1,FIND(",",B2,FIND(",",B2)+1)-FIND(",",B2))&LEFT(B2,FIND(",",B2)-1)

Here the text to reverse is in cell B2, and you enter the formula with the (Control + Shift + Enter) keys. And each time you edit this. You don't put in the curly {} Excel does this automatically if array entered.

Regards
Robert