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387.Advanced search and replace -- How to sort the comma separated words by the length of words?

User: editor -- 2010-01-08
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Description:
How to sort the comma separated words by the length of words?
I have a comma separated words, I want to sort it by the length of words descending, and replace all comma with '|', how can I do?
Input Sample:
ABIBLITY,ABIL,ABILATY,ABILILTY,ABILTITY,ABILITIY,ABILILITY,ABILIT,ABILITIE,ABILITIES,ABILITT,ABILITY,ABILITYTO,ABILIY,ABILLATY,ABILLITY,ABILTY,ABLITY,ABITLITY,ABLILTY,ALIBITY,AABILITY,ABAILITY,ABILIITY,CAN,ABLE,ENABLE,ENABLES,ENABLED,ENABLING
Output Sample:
ABILILITY|ABILITIES|ABILITYTO|ABIBLITY|ABILILTY|ABILTITY|ABILITIY|ABILITIE|ABILLATY|ABILLITY|ABITLITY|AABILITY|ABAILITY|ABILIITY|ENABLING|ABILATY|ABILITT|ABILITY|ABLILTY|ALIBITY|ENABLES|ENABLED|ABILIT|ABILIY|ABILTY|ABLITY|ENABLE|ABIL|ABLE|CAN
Answer:
Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" to finish following steps.
1. ctrl-o open source text file or just paste source strings to page 'P0'
2. ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog
Enter 'replace with pattern' entry like following:

3. click 'Replace', done!
Download Script:  scripts/387.rst.zip

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