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    • guy038G
      guy038
      last edited by guy038

      Hello, @piranpiran, and All,

      As I’ve verified that lexicographically sort is NOT broken in the v7.7.1 release, and acts exactly like the prior releases, you could use a regex S/R which would change the IPV4 addresses in such a way that a lexicographically sort would be possible !!

      Let’s have a try on your small sample text, below, pasted in a new N++ tab :

      13.228.0.0/15 REACH
15.177.48.0/21 Amazon ROUTE53
18.140.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
35.154.0.0/16 Amazon EC2 BOM prefix source:RADB
43.250.192.0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
13.228.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
18.138.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
18.142.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
43.250.193.0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
13.250.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
43.250.193.0/24 Amazon SIN Prefix source:RADB
18.136.0.0/16 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
43.250.192.0/24 Amazon SIN prefix source:RADB

      Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

      • SEARCH \b(((\d)?\d)?\d)(?=\.|/)

      • REPLACE (?2(?3:\x20):\x20\x20)\1

      • Tick, preferably, the Wrap around option

      • Select the Regular expression search mode

      • Click on the Replace All button

      Et voilà ! You should get the following text :

       13.228.  0.  0/15 REACH
 15.177. 48.  0/21 Amazon ROUTE53
 18.140.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 35.154.  0.  0/16 Amazon EC2 BOM prefix source:RADB
 43.250.192.  0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
 13.228.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 18.138.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 18.142.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 43.250.193.  0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
 13.250.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 43.250.193.  0/24 Amazon SIN Prefix source:RADB
 18.136.  0.  0/16 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 43.250.192.  0/24 Amazon SIN prefix source:RADB

      This regex adds the appropriate number of space character(s) to any number, before the / symbol, containing from 1 to 3 digits, in order to align the four blocks of an IPV4 address ;-))

      Now, after using the Edit > Line Operations > Sort lines Lexicographically Ascending menu option, you should be left with your expected sort :

       13.228.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 13.228.  0.  0/15 REACH
 13.250.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 15.177. 48.  0/21 Amazon ROUTE53
 18.136.  0.  0/16 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 18.138.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 18.140.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 18.142.  0.  0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
 35.154.  0.  0/16 Amazon EC2 BOM prefix source:RADB
 43.250.192.  0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
 43.250.192.  0/24 Amazon SIN prefix source:RADB
 43.250.193.  0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
 43.250.193.  0/24 Amazon SIN Prefix source:RADB

      Finally, to get the initial layout of your IPV4 list, use the simple regex S/R, below :

      SEARCH (?-s)\x20+(?=.*/)

      REPLACE Leave EMPTY

      Here we are !

      13.228.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
13.228.0.0/15 REACH
13.250.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
15.177.48.0/21 Amazon ROUTE53
18.136.0.0/16 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
18.138.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
18.140.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
18.142.0.0/15 Amazon EC2 SIN prefix source:RADB
35.154.0.0/16 Amazon EC2 BOM prefix source:RADB
43.250.192.0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
43.250.192.0/24 Amazon SIN prefix source:RADB
43.250.193.0/24 Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources
43.250.193.0/24 Amazon SIN Prefix source:RADB

      This second regex searches for any non-null amount of space characters, located before the / symbol and delete them, as the replacement zone is Empty

      I just hope that these two regex S/R work nice, too, on your VERY BIG unordered ASN data list ;-))

      Best Regards,

      guy038

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      • AngryGamerA
        AngryGamer
        last edited by

        @piranpiran The dragon is slayed. Rest easy. PR#5843 😛

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn
          last edited by Alan Kilborn

          I’d suggest that the OP test the process put forward by @guy038 and, if it validates, record these actions into a macro for future use. As long as the sort algorithm in N++ 7.7.1 sorts true integers correctly, I say there is no bug and the code should be left alone.

          The dragon is slayed. Rest easy PR#5843

          Not sure there was a dragon to slay, other than the posting dragon for those with reputation < 2. :)

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          • AngryGamerA
            AngryGamer @Alan Kilborn
            last edited by AngryGamer

            @Alan-Kilborn False. No matter what there’s a dragon to slay here. Re-check PR#5843 to see why the v7.7.1 setup is a complete mess. I’ve added more information to it.

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            • piranpiranP
              piranpiran @guy038
              last edited by

              @guy038 Very thoughtful, thank you for that work and I commend your positive attitude. I have never actually used the lexicographic option before now. The integer option, as it behaved prior to 7.7.1, ‘just worked’ - brilliantly effectively and blindingly quickly - with nary a crash despite the apparent citation in 7.7.1 change notes.

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              • piranpiranP
                piranpiran @guy038
                last edited by

                @guy038 said:

                I just hope that these two regex S/R work nice, too, on your VERY BIG unordered ASN data list ;-))

                Long time ago I used to throw a dozen or so S/R (?Scintilla?) keyboard macros at this situation. Quite buggy in their own right. Very slow and held up my workstation for minutes on end prompting Windows to pale out the screen and issue a soft-crash notification (which I learnt to ignore and just allow it all to finish properly IDC).

                The ASN listing cited earlier is not particularly long compared with some of them out there which are truly monumentally sized. The S/R times became unreasonable to, frankly, largely risible. Complicated too.

                Then I discovered the sort option behaviour cited by this thread… so quick, so simple, so WOW:-0

                I am therefore loathe to go back to needing to use S/R hacks. If this issue cannot be resolved or worked around I very much think that I will need to adopt an earlier suggestion from @PeterJones to download the earlier ZIP and keep it on hand just to do the sorting. I had not known that this was feasible.

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                • piranpiranP
                  piranpiran
                  last edited by

                  @guy038 You want a big unordered ASN listing? In my best Crocodile Dundee voice: THIS is a BIG one:
                  https://www.robtex.com/as/AS7552.html

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                  • guy038G
                    guy038
                    last edited by guy038

                    Hi, @piranpiran, and All,

                    As my laptop is quite an antiquity ( NEC Versa M-350, got, at work, in 2005, with XP SP3 and 1 GB of RAM only !! ), I don’t think that I’ve fully opened and pasted your AS7552.html, from my Firefox browser ;-))

                    But, never mind ! The part, that I’ve got, contains 291,800 lines, which begins and ends as below :

                    REGISTERED ROUTES
203.113.128.0/19 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
route	203.113.128.0/19
descr	contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary
origin	AS7552
mnt-by	MAINT-AS3786
changed	yuncheol@bora.net 20021101
source	RADB
203.113.128.0/21 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
route	203.113.128.0/21
descr	contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary
origin	AS7552
mnt-by	MAINT-AS3786
changed	yuncheol@bora.net 20021101
source	RADB
203.113.136.0/22 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
route	203.113.136.0/22
descr	contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary
origin	AS7552
mnt-by	MAINT-AS3786
changed	yuncheol@bora.net 20021101
source	RADB
203.113.160.0/21 PACNET (proxy-registered route object) source:RADB
route	203.113.160.0/21
descr	PACNET (proxy-registered route object)
origin	AS7552
remarks	This route object is for a PACNET customer route which is
remarks	being exported under this origin AS.
remarks	+
remarks	This route object was created because no existing route
remarks	object with the same origin was found, and since some
remarks	PACNET peers filter based on these objects this route
remarks	may be rejected if this object is not created.
remarks	+
remarks	Please contact abuse@pacnet.net if you have any
remarks	Concerns regarding Spam/Abuses related to this object
remarks	+
remarks	Please contact ip-noc@pacnet.net if you have any other
remarks	Questions regarding this object.
notify	ip-noc@pacnet.net
mnt-by	MAINT-AS10026
changed	ip-noc@pacnet.net 20100201
source	RADB
........
........
........
2402:800:8320::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
route6	2402:800:8320::/44
descr	Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN
origin	AS7552
notify	noc_ip@viettel.com.vn
mnt-by	MAINT-VIETTEL
changed	noc_ip@viettel 20190409
source	NTTCOM
2402:800:8330::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
route6	2402:800:8330::/44
descr	Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN
origin	AS7552
notify	noc_ip@viettel.com.vn
mnt-by	MAINT-VIETTEL
changed	noc_ip@viettel 20190409
source	NTTCOM
2402:800:8340::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
route6	2402:800:8340::/44
descr	Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN
origin	AS7552
notify	noc_ip@viettel.com.vn
mnt-by	MAINT-VIETTEL
changed	noc_ip@viettel 20190409
source	NTTCOM

                    Again, with this new regex S/R :

                    SEARCH ^(?!.*/\d+\x20.+).+\R

                    REPLACE Leave EMPTY

                    I could isolate, after 28s, the interesting part, below. I’ve just displayed the beginning and end, of the resulting file, which contains 36387 lines. !

                    203.113.128.0/19 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
203.113.128.0/21 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
203.113.136.0/22 contact vieteladm@vietel.com.vn if necessary source:RADB
203.113.160.0/21 PACNET (proxy-registered route object) source:RADB
........
........
........
2402:800:8320::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8330::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8340::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM

                    Now, I’ve improved the regex, which inserts space characters, in order to take IPv6 addresses in account, too ;-))

                    SEARCH (?:(^)|\b)(((\d)?\d)?\d)(?=\.|/)

                    REPLACE (?1\x20)(?3(?4:\x20):\x20\x20)\2

                    I simply added a space character, before any IPv4 address, to be sure that after sort, all IPv4 addresses are listed before all IPv6 addresses. The modification of the 36387 IPv4 addresses was done in 17s

                    Then, I used the Edit > Line Operations > Sort lines Lexicographically Ascending menu option ( 1s )

                    And, after removing all the extra space chars, from IPv4 addresses, with the following regex S/R :

                    SEARCH (?-s)\x20+(?=.*/)

                    REPLACE Leave EMPTY

                    We get, 8s later, the beginning, the IPv4-IPv6 junction and the end of the list, as below :

                    27.64.0.0/12 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/12 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/13 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/13 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/14 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/14 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/15 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/16 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/16 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/17 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/18 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/18 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/19 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/20 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/20 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
27.64.0.0/21 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/22 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/23 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
27.64.0.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
............
............
............
220.231.123.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.124.0/22 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.124.0/22 route object of AS7552 source:NTTCOM
220.231.124.0/23 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.124.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.125.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.126.0/23 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.126.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
220.231.127.0/24 Proxy-registered route object source:RADB
2001:0dc8:3000::/48 VNNIC-AS-VN source:APNIC
2001:0dc8:c000::/48 VNNIC-AS-VN source:APNIC
2001:0dc8:c001::/48 VNNIC-AS-VN source:APNIC
2001:0dc8:d000::/48 VNNIC-AS-VN source:APNIC
2402:800:1130::/48 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:3000::/36 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:3100::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:3200::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:3300::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
............
............
............
2402:800:63e3::/48 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:63e4::/48 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:63e5::/48 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:7000::/36 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:7100::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:7200::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:7300::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8000::/36 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8100::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8100::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8110::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8120::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8130::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8140::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8200::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8200::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8210::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8220::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8230::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8240::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8300::/40 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8300::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8310::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8320::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8330::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM
2402:800:8340::/44 Prefix IPv6 Viettel-VN source:NTTCOM

                    Cheers,

                    guy038

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                    • piranpiranP
                      piranpiran @guy038
                      last edited by

                      @guy038 Your dexterity with regex and S/R is a source of admiration to me. And, yes, that ASN listing is quite big. Admittedly my workstation’s spec is a great deal more powerful than that of the machine at your disposal.

                      The IPv4 CIDR element of that ASN comprises about 286k lines. Prior to 7.7.1 a simple click of integer sorting ascending on the relevant highlighted data would output a perfectly reliable result in ‘less than a second’ with other remaining data bunches nicely grouped for easy workflow assessment. It really did the job …but possibly not by strict npp design intention. BTW no crashes - ever.

                      Whittling those IPv4 CIDR lines down to unique values I do manually using techniques derived from long experience (sad to say). That workflow is made very much harder because rapid assessment (of the unnecessary ranges) is foiled by the inconsistent rendering of the 7.7.1 sort.

                      Despite your efforts I remain convinced the most ergonomic solution is likely to be a code fix - not one involving multiple regex S/R.

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                      • piranpiranP
                        piranpiran @guy038
                        last edited by

                        @guy038 said:

                        I just hope that these two regex S/R work nice, too, on your VERY BIG unordered ASN data list ;-))

                        Delighted to confirm that your hack (the first one) delivered a proper sort of the large listing (AS7552).

                        If you’re curious my kit took some 48sec compared to the inconsistent ‘results’ provided by 7.7.1 in (what would’ve normally have been) about a second.

                        Thank you @guy038 for providing that workaround to the native code’s flawed 7.7.1 …for which I await a fix.

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