Line Operations: Sort Lexicographically is buggy with 128 lines or more.

Lothar Bongartz

I tried to sort a list of words, one per line.
The result was only randomly sorted.

There is no way to sort 128 lines/words, both ascending and descending.

I reduced the number of lines to 64 and it worked.

The failed sort result (look for “_header” for example):

CDSRATINGWIDGET689
CDSSCROLLINGRAVE
CDSWIDEXCLOGO
CDSROWLOGO689
CDSWIDWRL
Hangout
SkypeButton
SkypeButton_paraElement
_bol
_bom
_bor
_slide
_contact
_cover
_cover1
_cover2
_email
_fbl
_fbls
_fbm
_fbor
_go
_tumblr
_tweets
_yelp
_trip
_youl
_your
_imed
_wea
_go
_tumblr
_tweets
_trip
_grav
_header
_header_100
_icons
_iconsep
_info_open
_link
_map
_pan
_map_dir
_mapw
_menu
_mm
_mm
_panh
_panh
_phone
_photo
_pin
_ins
_fli
_fbc
_fbd
_twid
_good
_cover
_doci
_link
_pin
_ins
_fli
_fbc
_fbd
_twid
_good
_cover
_doci
_link
_pr
_print
_purl
_qr1
_qr1
_qr2
_qr1
_qr2
_qrc
_reviews
_slids
_soc
_space
_title
_header
_title
_header
_title
_header
_title
_header
_traf
_update
_url
_view
_weads
_weat
_weather
_wel
_wmenu
addc
audioOn
audioOff
currencies
google_translate_element
google_translate_element_100
gplus
modesel-button
modesel-menu
pApprec
pHeader
pLink
pList
pPage
pPlacePic
pQRCode
pRatings
pcover
pcover1
pcover2
pfbd
pgood
pmap
ptwid
q
viewsel

Thanks
Lothar Bongartz, 1der1.com

Scott Sumner

@Lothar-Bongartz

Well, if I sort your already “sorted” list, the result looks okay to me. Really, though, why didn’t you post the list you started with as well? That way, someone can try to duplicate more precisely what you are seeing happen.

Also, please post your debug info (go to the ? menu and choose Debug Info… and post the result here.

PeterJones

@Lothar-Bongartz ,

I cannot replicate your results. If I take the list that you posted (noticing there are multiple instances of _header and _title that alternate), and I run Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Ascending, then I get

CDSRATINGWIDGET689
CDSROWLOGO689
CDSSCROLLINGRAVE
CDSWIDEXCLOGO
CDSWIDWRL
Hangout
SkypeButton
SkypeButton_paraElement
_bol
_bom
_bor
_contact
_cover
_cover
_cover
_cover1
_cover2
_doci
_doci
_email
_fbc
_fbc
_fbd
_fbd
_fbl
_fbls
_fbm
_fbor
_fli
_fli
_go
_go
_good
_good
_grav
_header
_header
_header
_header
_header
_header_100
_icons
_iconsep
_imed
_info_open
_ins
_ins
_link
_link
_link
_map
_map_dir
_mapw
_menu
_mm
_mm
_pan
_panh
_panh
_phone
_photo
_pin
_pin
_pr
_print
_purl
_qr1
_qr1
_qr1
_qr2
_qr2
_qrc
_reviews
_slide
_slids
_soc
_space
_title
_title
_title
_title
_traf
_trip
_trip
_tumblr
_tumblr
_tweets
_tweets
_twid
_twid
_update
_url
_view
_wea
_weads
_weat
_weather
_wel
_wmenu
_yelp
_youl
_your
addc
audioOff
audioOn
currencies
google_translate_element
google_translate_element_100
gplus
modesel-button
modesel-menu
pApprec
pHeader
pLink
pList
pPage
pPlacePic
pQRCode
pRatings
pcover
pcover1
pcover2
pfbd
pgood
pmap
ptwid
q
viewsel

… showing that now, all the underscore words are also properly sorted, with the multiple _headers all adjacent, as they should be.

As Scott asked, what’s your ? > Debug Info ? Mine is

Notepad++ v7.5.8   (32-bit)
Build time : Jul 23 2018 - 02:03:53
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll dbgpPlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll NppConverter.dll NppExec.dll NppFTP.dll PluginManager.dll PreviewHTML.dll PythonScript.dll XMLTools.dll mimeTools.dll NppExport.dll