A Developer's Guide to the Sort Lines Tool

The Sort Lines tool is a versatile utility for organizing text-based data. It can sort lists of items separated by newlines or commas, offering several sorting methods and options to handle different data types and formatting.

Features

• Multiple Delimiters: Sort lists separated by New Lines or by Commas.
• Flexible Sorting Methods:
  • Alphabetical: Standard dictionary sorting.
  • Numerical: Correctly sorts numbers (e.g., 2 comes before 10). It smartly handles lines that are not numbers by sorting them separately.
  • Natural: A "smart" sort that correctly handles numbers embedded in text (e.g., "z1.doc" comes before "z10.doc").
• Sort Direction: Sort in either Ascending (A-Z, 0-9) or Descending (Z-A, 9-0) order.
• Case Sensitivity: Choose whether the sort should be case-sensitive or not.
• Whitespace Control: Option to ignore leading and trailing whitespace on each item before sorting.
• Real-time Results: The output is updated instantly as you change the text or any of the sorting options.

How to Use

1. Paste Your Text: Enter the list you want to sort into the "Input" text area.
2. Choose Delimiter: Select whether your items are separated by "New Line" or "Comma".
3. Select Sort Method:
   • Use the first dropdown to choose your Sort Method (Alphabetical, Numerical, Natural).
   • Use the second dropdown to set the Sort Direction (Ascending, Descending).
4. Configure Options: Toggle the switches for Case Sensitive and Ignore Whitespace as needed.
5. View the Result: The "Sorted Output" text area will display your sorted list.
6. Copy: Use the "Copy" button to grab the sorted text.