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Sorting a Wikipedia table by numerical value in a text document?

I've been working on a 3474 line table. Getting the information was easy, capturing the needed information from public online sources. But I came across a problem. The table is by default sorted ...
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Sort lines with "natural order" in Notepad++ like Windows Explorer?

Q: Is it possible to sort line with "natural order" (or what it calls, I'm not sure the correct name) like/similar to Windows Explorer? With or without plugin are fine Demo lines: text 1 ...
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Sort and change index numbers in Notepad++

I have some files that start with an index number similar to this: (1) etc (2) etc (3) etc I want to add lines between and make Notepad++ to change index numbers automatically. So for example if I ...
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Using NPP, is there a method to numerically sort values separated by commas (single column)?

I have a large JSON csv file of values (one column). In order to remove duplicates, I need to first Replace All CRs then use TextFX Sort Lines function, then Replace All the CRs with commas (such that ...
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How to sort a row of text in Notepad++

So I have about 100 - 200 words in one single row, in a *.config file that I need to sort in alphabetical order. I've seen many posts of how to do so if the text is in lines but not if it is all in ...
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How to sort alphabetically based on a particular column in notepad++?

I was unsure how to word the inquiry. I have a huge swath of a few thousand entries i'd like to sort alphabetically but using the built-in notepad++ sorts numbers first and in my case, i need a ...
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I want to sort text phrases by their number of words with Notepad++

I would like the program to be able to select or identify a sentence automatically (from one point to the next or from one point to the question mark or to the exclamation mark) and to order each ...
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Undo a sort action in Notepad++ [closed]

Notepad++ (7.5.6) (32 bit) will sort all lines in a document using Ctrl-Z. If that is used accidentally, how do you undo the sort?
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How do I sort and match in columns with similar data in Notepad++? [duplicate]

I have data in separate columns which I wish to match up. An example: UL Application: Outdoor Volts: 120-277 Watts: 14 UL Application: Post Volts: 120-277 Watts: 14 UL Application: Outdoor ...
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remove duplicate lines without sorting

Is it possible to remove duplicated rows in Notepad++, leaving only a single occurrence of a line? If I have these lines: 1 5 3 9 1 4 3 I want it to be: 1 5 3 9 4 I want it to keep first ...
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Sort a list of filenames alphabetically but grouped by their extension

I have a text file which contains filenames with their extension. apple.c orange.hpp plum.h mango.c banana.cpp grapes.hpp I want the above text sorted alphabetically but grouped based on their ...
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Sorting Text alphabetically using last word before comma

I'm currently ordered to sort a list with ~250 entries alphabetically. Problem is: Not using the first word(s), or a specific column, but using the last term before the first comma: [li]title ...
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Sort array in the sourcefile

I have written a script using Notepad++, and in it I have hardcoded an array. This is a script which I have expanded on over the years, and thus the array have gotten "unsorted". Let's say that it now ...
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Sorting lines in Notepad++ without the TextFX plugin

The current version of Notepad++ (at the time of this writing) is 6.6.3. Version 6.5.2 is the first that introduced a native (without a plugin) sorting function. At least, that's what they claim; even ...
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