Code an Excel VBA sort with a custom order and a value containing commas

Question

In VBA, Excel allows sorting values using the CustomOrder parameter to choose the sequence items are ordered. Unfortunately, the sequence of items is delimited by commas and

Answer 1

It seems to be missing the Apply. Can you Add

MyWorksheet.Sort.Apply

The custom order you have is working as is in my sample.

EDIT Updated based on OP updated question

Edit the macro to the following - using an array for the OrderCustom parameter.

Dim oWorksheet As Worksheet
Set oWorksheet = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
Dim oRangeSort As Range
Dim oRangeKey As Range

' one range that includes all colums do sort
Set oRangeSort = oWorksheet.Range("A1:B9")
' start of column with keys to sort
Set oRangeKey = oWorksheet.Range("B1")

' custom sort order
Dim sCustomList(1 To 3) As String
sCustomList(1) = "Cyberspace"
sCustomList(2) = "Aerospace"
sCustomList(3) = "Air, Land, or Sea"

Application.AddCustomList ListArray:=sCustomList
' use this if you want a list on the spreadsheet to sort by
' Application.AddCustomList ListArray:=Range("D1:D3")

oWorksheet.Sort.SortFields.Clear
oRangeSort.Sort Key1:=oRangeKey, Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlGuess, _
    OrderCustom:=Application.CustomListCount + 1, MatchCase:=False, _
    Orientation:=xlTopToBottom, DataOption1:=xlSortNormal

' clean up
Application.DeleteCustomList Application.CustomListCount
Set oWorksheet = Nothing

Answer 2

OK...based on the updated description, how about a formula for the column next to what you're sorting.

So, if "Air, Land, or Sea" is in column B1, then C1 would have this:

=SUBSTITUTE(B1,",","|")

Then you could do your custom sort like so:

MyWorksheet.Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range( _

        "B:B"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, _
        CustomOrder:= "Cyberspace,Air|Land|or Sea,Aerospace", _
        DataOption:=xlSortNormal  
    MyWorksheet.Sort.Apply

Make sure to adjust the range appropriately.