Using string array as criteria in VBA autofilter

Question

I\'ve searched other posts and found similar issues but nothing that could help me specifically. I\'m trying to take an array of strings and use it as a filter criteria. It\

Answer 1

The Excel documentation for AutoFilter provides some guidance. The Operator parameter takes a XlAutoFilterOperator that specifies how Criteria1 is interpreted. In your case, specifying a value of xlFilterValues will cause Criteria1 to be properly interpreted as an array of filter values.

The following example demonstrates this:

Dim arr As Variant
arr = Array("Alpha", "Bravo", "Charlie")

Sheet17.Range("E1").AutoFilter _
    Field:=5, _
    Criteria1:=arr, _
    Operator:=xlFilterValues