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689.Text sort -- How to sort a text file by the length of text in each line?

User: editor -- 2011-01-03 << 688 690 >>

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Type: Text sort

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Description:

How to sort a text file by the length of text in each line?

Input Sample:

AAAA
BBB
CCCCC
DD
E

Output Sample:

E
DD
BBB
AAAA
CCCCC

Answer:

Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.

1. ctrl-o open source text file
2. ctrl-h open 'replace' window
* set 'replace with pattern' to:

3. click 'replace', done!
4. ctrl-s save to file.

Note: version 2.6 or newer is required for function sort_by_func.

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