Sort Lines
Input
Options
Sort On
Ignore Case
Strip blank lines
Results
About This Tool
This tool was built as a quick and easy way to sort lines, which is a need that comes up surprisingly often.
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Sort On | The method to use for sorting the lines. There are 3 options. You can sort alphabetically, on the length of the line, or using what's known as a natural sort. More on that below. And you can sort in either ascending or descending order. |
| Ignore Case | If checked, the sorting will be case-insensitive. |
| Strip blank lines | If checked, any lines that are empty or only contain whitespace will be removed before sorting. |
Natural Sort
Normally, when a computer sorts values it sorts everything as a string. That's why you'll often end up with something like this:
1something
10something
2something
3something
That, of course, probably isn't how you want things sorted if there's numbers in the string. That's where a natural sort comes in. If we took that same list of lines and sorted them using a natural sort, we'd get this:
1something
2something
3something
10something
That's a much more natural way to sort things, and that's what the "Natural Sort" option does.
