Sorting alphabetically line by line

[simoninsing]

Is there a function in TP that sorts text alphabetically line by line ?

Example:
apple, pear, tamarillo, orange, banana, "custard apple"
pear, tamarillo, orange, grapefruit, "custard apple", apple
tamarillo, orange, durian, "custard apple", apple, pear

becomes

apple, banana, "custard apple", orange, pear, tamarillo
apple, "custard apple", grapefruit, pear, tamarillo
apple, "custard apple", durian, orange, pear, tamarillo

[DataMystic Support]

You can achieve this by restricting to a line at a time, breaking fields onto separate lines, sorting, and then rejoining the lines.

See attached.

[simoninsing]

Thanks. I can't import the .fll file you attached (says it comes from a later version of TP, although I appear to have the latest version [8.4.9.1] so maybe it's because I have Lite not Standard/Pro) but reading up on Restrictions now.

[AnthonyFitz]

Hi,

I have created a filter that will do this also using the restrict to each line in turn filter.

TextPipeForum_Filter_for_simoninsing_By_AnthonyFitz.zip

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I tested it on the following input, and got the following output.

Input
apple, pear, tamarillo, orange, banana, "custard apple"
pear, tamarillo, orange, grapefruit, "custard apple", apple
tamarillo, orange, durian, "custard apple", apple, pear
Output
apple, banana, "custard apple", orange, pear, tamarillo
apple, "custard apple", grapefruit, orange, pear, tamarillo
apple, "custard apple", durian, orange, pear, tamarillo

Cheers,
Anthony.

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|--Restrict to each line in turn
|  |
|  |--Perl pattern ["] with []
|  |     [ ] Match case
|  |     [ ] Whole words only
|  |     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|  |     [ ] Prompt on replace
|  |     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|  |     [ ] First only
|  |     [ ] Extract matches
|  |     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|  |     [ ] Maximum match (greedy)
|  |     [ ] Allow comments
|  |     [X] '.' matches newline
|  |     [ ] UTF-8 Support
|  |   
|  |--Perl pattern [, ??] with [\r\n]
|  |     [ ] Match case
|  |     [ ] Whole words only
|  |     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|  |     [ ] Prompt on replace
|  |     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|  |     [ ] First only
|  |     [ ] Extract matches
|  |     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|  |     [ ] Maximum match (greedy)
|  |     [ ] Allow comments
|  |     [X] '.' matches newline
|  |     [ ] UTF-8 Support
|  |   
|  |--Remove blanks from Start of Line
|  |   
|  |--Remove blanks from End of Line
|  |   
|  |--Ascending ANSI sort (case insensitive)
|  |   
|  |--Perl pattern [^(.* .*)\r\n] with ["$1"\r\n]
|  |     [ ] Match case
|  |     [ ] Whole words only
|  |     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|  |     [ ] Prompt on replace
|  |     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|  |     [ ] First only
|  |     [ ] Extract matches
|  |     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|  |     [ ] Maximum match (greedy)
|  |     [ ] Allow comments
|  |     [ ] '.' matches newline
|  |     [ ] UTF-8 Support
|  |   
|  +--Perl pattern [\r\n(?!\Z)] with [, ]
|        [ ] Match case
|        [ ] Whole words only
|        [ ] Case sensitive replace
|        [ ] Prompt on replace
|        [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|        [ ] First only
|        [ ] Extract matches
|        Maximum text buffer size 4096
|        [ ] Maximum match (greedy)
|        [ ] Allow comments
|        [X] '.' matches newline
|        [ ] UTF-8 Support

[simoninsing]

Many thanks Anthony. It looks great. I'll need to upgrade to Pro to use it, which I'll do soon ... as soon as I feel rich enough !

[DataMystic Support]

Sorry, I forgot I was using the 8.5 pre-release!

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|   
|--Perl pattern [, ] with [,]
|     [ ] Match case
|     [ ] Whole words only
|     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|     [ ] Prompt on replace
|     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|     [ ] First only
|     [ ] Extract matches
|     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|     [ ] Maximum match (greedy)
|     [ ] Allow comments
|     [X] '.' matches newline
|     [ ] UTF-8 Support
|   
|--Restrict to each line in turn
|  |
|  |--EasyPattern [[ csvfield ]] with [$0\r\n]
|  |     [ ] Match case
|  |     [ ] Whole words only
|  |     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|  |     [ ] Prompt on replace
|  |     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|  |     [ ] First only
|  |     [X] Extract matches
|  |     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|  |   
|  |--Ascending ANSI sort (case insensitive), length 50
|  |   
|  |--Perl pattern [\r\n] with [,]
|  |     [ ] Match case
|  |     [ ] Whole words only
|  |     [ ] Case sensitive replace
|  |     [ ] Prompt on replace
|  |     [ ] Skip prompt if identical
|  |     [ ] First only
|  |     [ ] Extract matches
|  |     Maximum text buffer size 4096
|  |     [X] Maximum match (greedy)
|  |     [ ] Allow comments
|  |     [X] '.' matches newline
|  |     [ ] UTF-8 Support
|  |   
|  +--Add footer [\r\n]
|      

[AnthonyFitz]

Many thanks Anthony. It looks great. I'll need to upgrade to Pro to use it, which I'll do soon ... as soon as I feel rich enough !

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