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    • Mark OlsonM
      Mark Olson @Alan Kilborn
      last edited by

      @Alan-Kilborn
      Awesome! I don’t mind being upstaged at all, and it has all the features I would have wanted. I’ll play around with this and see if I can come up with improvements.

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      • TBugReporterT
        TBugReporter @Alan Kilborn
        last edited by

        @Alan-Kilborn said in How i can sort number from largest to smallest on notepad++:

        (Yep, my ever-so-cheesy-UI)

        Nice of you to acknowledge this. 🤓

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        • Mark OlsonM
          Mark Olson
          last edited by PeterJones

          OK, I’ve added two new options: lowercase culture-insensitive (Python can do that, it’s just rather obscure) and sorting unmatched lines to bottom.

          The text:

          foo: tone bar: 27.1
          foo: bLue bar: 241.3
          foo: taco bar: 66.5
          foo: basst bar: 281.7
          foo: öyster bar: 144.0
          foo: oyster bar: 164.1
          foo: Spb bar: 102.1
          foo: blüe bar: 203.2
          foo: spä bar: 121.2
          foo: spb bar: 84.2
          foo: blve bar: 183.2
          foo: blue bar: 222.2
          foo: baßk bar: 261.3
          foo: täco bar: 47.3
          

          Sorting unmatched lines to bottom (regex bar: (\d\d)\D, all other options default). Note that the lines with a 3-digit number all stay in the same order.

          foo: tone bar: 27.1
          foo: täco bar: 47.3
          foo: taco bar: 66.5
          foo: spb bar: 84.2
          foo: bLue bar: 241.3
          foo: basst bar: 281.7
          foo: öyster bar: 144.0
          foo: oyster bar: 164.1
          foo: Spb bar: 102.1
          foo: blüe bar: 203.2
          foo: spä bar: 121.2
          foo: blve bar: 183.2
          foo: blue bar: 222.2
          foo: baßk bar: 261.3
          

          Ignorecase culture-sensitive (regex foo: (\w+), all other options default)

          foo: basst bar: 281.7
          foo: baßk bar: 261.3
          foo: bLue bar: 241.3
          foo: blue bar: 222.2
          foo: blüe bar: 203.2
          foo: blve bar: 183.2
          foo: oyster bar: 164.1
          foo: öyster bar: 144.0
          foo: spä bar: 121.2
          foo: Spb bar: 102.1
          foo: spb bar: 84.2
          foo: taco bar: 66.5
          foo: täco bar: 47.3
          foo: tone bar: 27.1
          

          And finally, my modification of the script:

          # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
          from __future__ import print_function
          
          #########################################
          #
          #  SortLinesWithRegexGroup1AsSortKey (SLWRG1ASK)
          #
          #########################################
          
          # references:
          #  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24325
          
          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          
          from Npp import *
          import inspect
          import os
          import re
          import threading
          import unicodedata
          import SendKeys as sk
          
          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          
          def ignorecase_culture_invariant(x):
              return unicodedata.normalize('NFD', x.lower())
          
          class SLWRG1ASK(object):
          
              def __init__(self):
          
                  self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
          
                  self.key_and_line_content_tup_list = []
                  self.matched_line_numbers = set()
                  self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = False
                  self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = False
                  self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = False
                  self.last_matched_line_num = None
                  self.user_line_num_of_error = None
                  self.zero_matches_for_regex = True
                  self.key_transform = None
                  self.do_descending_sort = False
                  self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                  self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = False
                  self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = False
          
                  rect_sel_mode = editor.getSelectionMode() in [ SELECTIONMODE.RECTANGLE, SELECTIONMODE.THIN ]
                  if rect_sel_mode or editor.getSelections() > 1:
                      self.mb('Cannot operate on a column selection or multiple selections; aborting!')
                      return
          
                  if len(editor.getSelText()) == 0:
                      if not self.mb_ok_cancel('No selection active; confirm desire to sort entire file by pressing OK.'):
                          return
          
                  (search_start_line, search_end_line) = editor.getUserLineSelection()
                  if editor.positionFromLine(search_end_line) == editor.getSelectionEnd(): search_end_line -= 1
                  num_lines_in_user_sel = search_end_line - search_start_line + 1
                  if num_lines_in_user_sel < 2: return  # if selection only on 1 line, nothing to do; already sorted!
          
                  user_regex_with_group_1 = ''
                  while True:
                      user_regex_with_group_1 = self.prompt('Enter regex with group 1 being the sort key', user_regex_with_group_1)
                      if user_regex_with_group_1 is None: return  # user cancel
                      if len(user_regex_with_group_1.strip()) == 0:
                          self.mb('Cannot specify an empty regex!  Try again.')
                          continue
                      if '(' not in user_regex_with_group_1:
                          self.mb('Need to specify capture group 1 (as the sort key) in the regex!  Try again.')
                          continue
                      regex_err_msg = self.search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(user_regex_with_group_1)
                      if len(regex_err_msg) > 0:
                          self.mb('Bad regular expression!\r\n\r\n{e}\r\n\r\nTry again.'.format(e=regex_err_msg))
                          continue
                      break
          
                  while True:
                      threading.Timer(0.25, lambda : sk.SendKeys("{RIGHT}")).start()  # clear auto-selection of prompt text when box appears
                      user_options = self.prompt(
                          '    Regex specified: {r}\r\n'
                          'Choose options by placing 1 x in each group (no need to x to get DEFAULT choice)'.format(r=user_regex_with_group_1),
                          '\r\n'.join([
                              'Group 1 transformation:  [   ]Integer(DEFAULT)      [   ]Decimal      [   ]String      [   ]Ignorecase-cultural',
                              'Sort order:  [   ]Ascending(DEFAULT)    [   ]Descending',
                              'Other:',
                              '[   ]Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match(DEFAULT)',
                              '[   ]Remove-non-matching-lines',
                              '[   ]Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom',
                          ])
                          )
                      if user_options is None: return  # user cancel
                      if len(user_options.strip()) == 0:
                          self.mb('Cannot specify empty options!  Try again.')
                          continue
                      if self.option_check(user_options, 'String'): self.key_transform = str
                      elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Decimal'): self.key_transform = float
                      elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Ignorecase-cultural'): self.key_transform = ignorecase_culture_invariant
                      else: self.key_transform = int
                      self.do_descending_sort = self.option_check(user_options, 'Descending')
                      self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match')
                      self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = self.option_check(user_options, 'Remove-non-matching-lines')
                      self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom')
                      if not (self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex or self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom):
                          self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                      if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match + self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex + self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom > 1:
                          self.mb('Can only specify one way of handling unmatched lines! Try again!')
                          continue
                      break
          
                  # enforce single-line matching and only get the FIRST match on each line:
                  user_regex_with_group_1 = '(?-s)' + user_regex_with_group_1 + '.*'
          
                  search_start_pos = editor.positionFromLine(search_start_line)
                  search_end_pos = editor.getLineEndPosition(search_end_line)
          
                  # special "seeding", in case the very first line of the selection isn't hit:
                  self.last_matched_line_num = search_start_line - 1
          
                  editor.research(user_regex_with_group_1, lambda m: self.match_found(m), 0, search_start_pos, search_end_pos)
          
                  if self.zero_matches_for_regex:
                      self.mb('No lines matched the regex; aborting!')
                      return
          
                  if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR:
                      self.mb('No sort key specified (via using capture group 1) in the regex; aborting!')
                      return
          
                  if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR:
                      self.mb('Key data did not match specified type ({t}) on line {L}; aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error,
                          t={ int : 'Integer', float : 'Decimal', str : 'String', ignorecase_culture_invariant: 'String' }[self.key_transform]))
                      return
          
                  if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match and self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR:
                      self.mb('Not every line in the source data matched the specified regex (first non-matching line was {L}); aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error))
                      return
          
                  if len(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list) < 2:
                      self.mb('Nothing (reasonable) found to sort; aborting!')
                      return
          
                  sorted_line_list = [tup[1] for tup in sorted(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list, reverse=self.do_descending_sort)]
                  
                  if self.matched_line_numbers:
                      first_unmatched_line = search_start_line + len(self.matched_line_numbers) + 1
                      self.mb('Line numbers {0}-{1} in sorted text were NOT matched.'.format(first_unmatched_line, search_end_line + 1),
                          title='not all lines matched')
                      for line_num in range(search_start_line, search_end_line + 1):
                          if line_num not in self.matched_line_numbers:
                              unmatched_line = editor.getLine(line_num)
                              sorted_line_list.append(unmatched_line.rstrip('\r\n'))
          
                  eol = ['\r\n', '\r', '\n'][editor.getEOLMode()]
          
                  doc_len_before = editor.getLength()
          
                  editor.setSelection(search_end_pos, search_start_pos)
                  editor.replaceSel(eol.join(sorted_line_list))
          
                  doc_len_delta = editor.getLength() - doc_len_before
          
                  # leave sorted text selected:
                  editor.setSelection(search_end_pos + doc_len_delta, search_start_pos)
          
              def match_found(self, m):
          
                  self.zero_matches_for_regex = False
          
                  # we're already corrupt; don't bother processing further matches after the one where we found the problem
                  if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR: return
                  if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR: return
                  if self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR: return
          
                  (start_pos_of_match, end_pos_of_match) = m.span(0)
          
                  line_num_of_match = editor.lineFromPosition(start_pos_of_match)
          
                  if line_num_of_match != self.last_matched_line_num + 1:
                      if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match:
                          self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = True
                          system_line_num_of_err = self.last_matched_line_num + 1
                          self.user_line_num_of_error = system_line_num_of_err + 1
                          return
                  self.last_matched_line_num = line_num_of_match
                  if self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom:
                      self.matched_line_numbers.add(line_num_of_match)
          
                  try:
                      g1_str = m.group(1)
                  except IndexError:
                      self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = True
                      return
          
                  try:
                      key_with_correct_type = self.key_transform(g1_str)
                  except ValueError:
                      self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = True
                      self.user_line_num_of_error = line_num_of_match + 1
                      return
          
                  line_content = editor.getLine(line_num_of_match).rstrip('\n\r')
          
                  tup = (key_with_correct_type, line_content)
                  self.key_and_line_content_tup_list.append(tup)
          
              def option_check(self, input_text, option_text):
                  m = re.search(r'\[([^]]+)\] ?{opt}'.format(opt=option_text), input_text)
                  retval = True if m and m.group(1) != ' ' * len(m.group(1)) else False
                  return retval
          
              def search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(self, test_regex):
                  try:
                      # test test_regex for validity
                      editor.research(test_regex, lambda _: None)
                  except RuntimeError as r:
                      return str(r)
                  return ''
          
              def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
                  return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)
          
              def mb_ok_cancel(self, msg, title=''):  # returns True(OK) or False(Cancel)
                  okay = notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.OKCANCEL) == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTOK
                  return okay
          
              def prompt(self, prompt_text, default_text=''):
                  if '\n' not in prompt_text: prompt_text = '\r\n' + prompt_text
                  prompt_text += ':'
                  return notepad.prompt(prompt_text, self.this_script_name, default_text)
          
          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          
          if __name__ == '__main__': SLWRG1ASK()
          

          Maybe some day I’ll come up with a way to sort by arbitrary rearrangements of multiple groups like \2\L\1\E, but this is fine for now.

          EDIT: I suppose that sorting by \2\L\1\E could be accomplished by doing the find/replace with \2\L\1\E🤷🤷$0 as replacement, then sort however you want, then find/replace ^.*🤷🤷 with nothing.

          –
          Moderator EDIT (2024-Jan-14): The author of the script has found a fairly serious bug with the code published here for those that use Mac-style or Linux-style line-endings in their files. The logic for Mac and Linux was reversed, and thus if the script was used on one type of file, the line-endings for the opposite type of file could end up in the file after the script is run. This is insidious, because unless one works with visible line-endings turned on, this is likely not noticed. Some detail on the problem is HERE. The script above has been corrected per that instruction.

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          • Mark OlsonM Mark Olson referenced this topic on
          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn
            last edited by Alan Kilborn

            One thing I didn’t get around to doing in the script was making it easier on a user to specify a “decimal” key.

            It probably would have been simpler for the user to specify a regex such as key(DECIMAL) rather than, e.g., key([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+).

            The script code could scan the user supplied regex for “DECIMAL” and replace with the somewhat hard-to-remember regex.

            See HERE for the origins of that decimal-number regex.

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            • Mark OlsonM
              Mark Olson @Alan Kilborn
              last edited by Mark Olson

              @Alan-Kilborn
              Yep, good idea. I just added

              NUMBER_RE = r'([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?)'
              INT_RE = r'([+-]?[0-9]+)'
              

              and user_regex_with_group_1.replace('(INT)', INT_RE).replace('(DECIMAL)', NUMBER_RE) after the regex is assigned but before it’s used.

              It’s easy to get the basic structure of integer and decimal regexes, but there are way too many edge cases that are too easily forgotten.

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              • Mark OlsonM
                Mark Olson @Mark Olson
                last edited by PeterJones

                alright this is my final version based on Alan Kilborn’s suggestions. I will restrain myself from posting any other versions until I have any substantial new improvements

                # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                from __future__ import print_function
                
                #########################################
                #
                #  SortLinesWithRegexGroup1AsSortKey (SLWRG1ASK)
                #
                #########################################
                
                # references:
                #  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24325
                
                #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                
                from Npp import *
                import inspect
                import os
                import re
                import threading
                import unicodedata
                import SendKeys as sk
                
                #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                
                NUMBER_RE = r'([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?)'
                INT_RE = r'([+-]?[0-9]+)'
                
                def ignorecase_culture_invariant(x):
                    return unicodedata.normalize('NFD', x.lower())
                
                class SLWRG1ASK(object):
                
                    def __init__(self):
                
                        self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                
                        self.key_and_line_content_tup_list = []
                        self.matched_line_numbers = set()
                        self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = False
                        self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = False
                        self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = False
                        self.last_matched_line_num = None
                        self.user_line_num_of_error = None
                        self.zero_matches_for_regex = True
                        self.key_transform = None
                        self.do_descending_sort = False
                        self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                        self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = False
                        self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = False
                
                        rect_sel_mode = editor.getSelectionMode() in [ SELECTIONMODE.RECTANGLE, SELECTIONMODE.THIN ]
                        if rect_sel_mode or editor.getSelections() > 1:
                            self.mb('Cannot operate on a column selection or multiple selections; aborting!')
                            return
                
                        if len(editor.getSelText()) == 0:
                            if not self.mb_ok_cancel('No selection active; confirm desire to sort entire file by pressing OK.'):
                                return
                
                        (search_start_line, search_end_line) = editor.getUserLineSelection()
                        if editor.positionFromLine(search_end_line) == editor.getSelectionEnd(): search_end_line -= 1
                        num_lines_in_user_sel = search_end_line - search_start_line + 1
                        if num_lines_in_user_sel < 2: return  # if selection only on 1 line, nothing to do; already sorted!
                
                        user_regex_with_group_1 = ''
                        used_DECIMAL_RE = False
                        while True:
                            user_regex_with_group_1 = self.prompt('Enter regex with group 1 being the sort key.\r\nIf you wish, you can use (INT) to capture an integer or (DECIMAL) to capture a decimal', user_regex_with_group_1)
                            if user_regex_with_group_1 is None: return  # user cancel
                            if len(user_regex_with_group_1.strip()) == 0:
                                self.mb('Cannot specify an empty regex!  Try again.')
                                continue
                            if '(' not in user_regex_with_group_1:
                                self.mb('Need to specify capture group 1 (as the sort key) in the regex!  Try again.')
                                continue
                            regex_err_msg = self.search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(user_regex_with_group_1)
                            if len(regex_err_msg) > 0:
                                self.mb('Bad regular expression!\r\n\r\n{e}\r\n\r\nTry again.'.format(e=regex_err_msg))
                                continue
                            used_DECIMAL_RE = '(DECIMAL)' in user_regex_with_group_1
                            user_regex_with_group_1 = user_regex_with_group_1.replace('(INT)', INT_RE).replace('(DECIMAL)', NUMBER_RE)
                            break
                
                        while True:
                            threading.Timer(0.25, lambda : sk.SendKeys("{RIGHT}")).start()  # clear auto-selection of prompt text when box appears
                            user_options = self.prompt(
                                '    Regex specified: {r}\r\n'
                                'Choose options by placing 1 x in each group (no need to x to get DEFAULT choice)'.format(r=user_regex_with_group_1),
                                '\r\n'.join([
                                    'Group 1 transformation:  [   ]Integer(DEFAULT)      [  {0}]Decimal      [   ]String      [   ]Ignorecase-cultural'.format(' x'[used_DECIMAL_RE]),
                                    'Sort order:  [   ]Ascending(DEFAULT)    [   ]Descending',
                                    'Other:',
                                    '[   ]Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match(DEFAULT)',
                                    '[   ]Remove-non-matching-lines',
                                    '[   ]Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom',
                                ])
                                )
                            if user_options is None: return  # user cancel
                            if len(user_options.strip()) == 0:
                                self.mb('Cannot specify empty options!  Try again.')
                                continue
                            if self.option_check(user_options, 'String'): self.key_transform = str
                            elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Decimal'): self.key_transform = float
                            elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Ignorecase-cultural'): self.key_transform = ignorecase_culture_invariant
                            else: self.key_transform = int
                            self.do_descending_sort = self.option_check(user_options, 'Descending')
                            self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match')
                            self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = self.option_check(user_options, 'Remove-non-matching-lines')
                            self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom')
                            if not (self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex or self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom):
                                self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                            if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match + self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex + self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom > 1:
                                self.mb('Can only specify one way of handling unmatched lines! Try again!')
                                continue
                            break
                
                        # enforce single-line matching and only get the FIRST match on each line:
                        user_regex_with_group_1 = '(?-s)' + user_regex_with_group_1 + '.*'
                
                        search_start_pos = editor.positionFromLine(search_start_line)
                        search_end_pos = editor.getLineEndPosition(search_end_line)
                
                        # special "seeding", in case the very first line of the selection isn't hit:
                        self.last_matched_line_num = search_start_line - 1
                
                        editor.research(user_regex_with_group_1, lambda m: self.match_found(m), 0, search_start_pos, search_end_pos)
                
                        if self.zero_matches_for_regex:
                            self.mb('No lines matched the regex; aborting!')
                            return
                
                        if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR:
                            self.mb('No sort key specified (via using capture group 1) in the regex; aborting!')
                            return
                
                        if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR:
                            self.mb('Key data did not match specified type ({t}) on line {L}; aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error,
                                t={ int : 'Integer', float : 'Decimal', str : 'String', ignorecase_culture_invariant: 'String' }[self.key_transform]))
                            return
                
                        if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match and self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR:
                            self.mb('Not every line in the source data matched the specified regex (first non-matching line was {L}); aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error))
                            return
                
                        if len(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list) < 2:
                            self.mb('Nothing (reasonable) found to sort; aborting!')
                            return
                
                        sorted_line_list = [tup[1] for tup in sorted(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list, reverse=self.do_descending_sort)]
                        
                        if self.matched_line_numbers:
                            first_unmatched_line = search_start_line + len(self.matched_line_numbers) + 1
                            self.mb('Line numbers {0}-{1} in sorted text were NOT matched.'.format(first_unmatched_line, search_end_line + 1),
                                title='not all lines matched')
                            for line_num in range(search_start_line, search_end_line + 1):
                                if line_num not in self.matched_line_numbers:
                                    unmatched_line = editor.getLine(line_num)
                                    sorted_line_list.append(unmatched_line.rstrip('\r\n'))
                
                        eol = ['\r\n', '\r', '\n'][editor.getEOLMode()]
                
                        doc_len_before = editor.getLength()
                
                        editor.setSelection(search_end_pos, search_start_pos)
                        editor.replaceSel(eol.join(sorted_line_list))
                
                        doc_len_delta = editor.getLength() - doc_len_before
                
                        # leave sorted text selected:
                        editor.setSelection(search_end_pos + doc_len_delta, search_start_pos)
                
                    def match_found(self, m):
                
                        self.zero_matches_for_regex = False
                
                        # we're already corrupt; don't bother processing further matches after the one where we found the problem
                        if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR: return
                        if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR: return
                        if self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR: return
                
                        (start_pos_of_match, end_pos_of_match) = m.span(0)
                
                        line_num_of_match = editor.lineFromPosition(start_pos_of_match)
                
                        if line_num_of_match != self.last_matched_line_num + 1:
                            if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match:
                                self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = True
                                system_line_num_of_err = self.last_matched_line_num + 1
                                self.user_line_num_of_error = system_line_num_of_err + 1
                                return
                        self.last_matched_line_num = line_num_of_match
                        if self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom:
                            self.matched_line_numbers.add(line_num_of_match)
                
                        try:
                            g1_str = m.group(1)
                        except IndexError:
                            self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = True
                            return
                
                        try:
                            key_with_correct_type = self.key_transform(g1_str)
                        except ValueError:
                            self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = True
                            self.user_line_num_of_error = line_num_of_match + 1
                            return
                
                        line_content = editor.getLine(line_num_of_match).rstrip('\n\r')
                
                        tup = (key_with_correct_type, line_content)
                        self.key_and_line_content_tup_list.append(tup)
                
                    def option_check(self, input_text, option_text):
                        m = re.search(r'\[([^]]+)\] ?{opt}'.format(opt=option_text), input_text)
                        retval = True if m and m.group(1) != ' ' * len(m.group(1)) else False
                        return retval
                
                    def search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(self, test_regex):
                        try:
                            # test test_regex for validity
                            editor.research(test_regex, lambda _: None)
                        except RuntimeError as r:
                            return str(r)
                        return ''
                
                    def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
                        return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)
                
                    def mb_ok_cancel(self, msg, title=''):  # returns True(OK) or False(Cancel)
                        okay = notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.OKCANCEL) == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTOK
                        return okay
                
                    def prompt(self, prompt_text, default_text=''):
                        if '\n' not in prompt_text: prompt_text = '\r\n' + prompt_text
                        prompt_text += ':'
                        return notepad.prompt(prompt_text, self.this_script_name, default_text)
                
                #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                
                if __name__ == '__main__': SLWRG1ASK()
                

                –
                Moderator EDIT (2024-Jan-14): The author of the script has found a fairly serious bug with the code published here for those that use Mac-style or Linux-style line-endings in their files. The logic for Mac and Linux was reversed, and thus if the script was used on one type of file, the line-endings for the opposite type of file could end up in the file after the script is run. This is insidious, because unless one works with visible line-endings turned on, this is likely not noticed. Some detail on the problem is HERE. The script above has been corrected per that instruction.

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                  @Mark-Olson
                  I discovered that my previous implementation of normalized case-insensitive text wasn’t quite right.

                  I can’t edit my last post, but the function ignorecase_culture_invariant should be replaced with this:

                  def ignorecase_culture_invariant(x):
                      return unicodedata.normalize('NFD', x.upper())
                  

                  The previous implementation (using x.lower()) doesn’t work for German ß, and there are probably some other places where it fails.

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                  • Mark OlsonM
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                    last edited by

                    Well, I said I would wait to post again until I had a significant improvement, and I believe I do.

                    I have now updated the script so it can sort multi-line blocks, for example, sorting a bunch of multi-line XML elements by some attribute.

                    Normally the only way to sort multi-line blocks is to do the following:

                    1. use a regex that replaces all the newlines in each block with some delimiter that is not present in the file while preserving newlines outside the block.
                    2. Sort the lines of the document using the above script or one of the built-in sorts
                    3. replace the delimiter with newlines.

                    This process is annoying, so I decided to automate it.

                    Behold!

                    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                    from __future__ import print_function
                    
                    #########################################
                    #
                    #  SortLinesWithRegexGroup1AsSortKey (SLWRG1ASK)
                    #
                    #########################################
                    
                    # references:
                    #  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24325
                    
                    #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    
                    from Npp import *
                    import inspect
                    import os
                    import re
                    import threading
                    import unicodedata
                    import SendKeys as sk
                    
                    #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    
                    NUMBER_RE = r'([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?)'
                    INT_RE = r'([+-]?[0-9]+)'
                    
                    def ignorecase_culture_invariant(x):
                        return unicodedata.normalize('NFD', x.upper())
                    
                    class SLWRG1ASK(object):
                    
                        def __init__(self):
                    
                            self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                    
                            self.key_and_line_content_tup_list = []
                            self.matched_line_numbers = set()
                            self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = False
                            self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = False
                            self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = False
                            self.last_matched_line_num = None
                            self.user_line_num_of_error = None
                            self.zero_matches_for_regex = True
                            self.key_transform = None
                            self.do_descending_sort = False
                            self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                            self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = False
                            self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = False
                            self.multiline = False
                            self.multiline_block_delim = ''
                            self.eol = [ '\r\n', '\r', '\n' ][ editor.getEOLMode() ]
                    
                            rect_sel_mode = editor.getSelectionMode() in [ SELECTIONMODE.RECTANGLE, SELECTIONMODE.THIN ]
                            if rect_sel_mode or editor.getSelections() > 1:
                                self.mb('Cannot operate on a column selection or multiple selections; aborting!')
                                return
                    
                            if len(editor.getSelText()) == 0:
                                if not self.mb_ok_cancel('No selection active; confirm desire to sort entire file by pressing OK.'):
                                    return
                    
                            (search_start_line, search_end_line) = editor.getUserLineSelection()
                            if editor.positionFromLine(search_end_line) == editor.getSelectionEnd(): search_end_line -= 1
                            num_lines_in_user_sel = search_end_line - search_start_line + 1
                            if num_lines_in_user_sel < 2: return  # if selection only on 1 line, nothing to do; already sorted!
                    
                            user_regex_with_group_1 = ''
                            used_DECIMAL_RE = False
                            while True:
                                user_regex_with_group_1 = self.prompt('Enter regex with group 1 being the sort key.\r\nIf you wish, you can use (INT) to capture an integer or (DECIMAL) to capture a decimal', user_regex_with_group_1)
                                if user_regex_with_group_1 is None: return  # user cancel
                                if len(user_regex_with_group_1.strip()) == 0:
                                    self.mb('Cannot specify an empty regex!  Try again.')
                                    continue
                                if '(' not in user_regex_with_group_1:
                                    self.mb('Need to specify capture group 1 (as the sort key) in the regex!  Try again.')
                                    continue
                                regex_err_msg = self.search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(user_regex_with_group_1)
                                if len(regex_err_msg) > 0:
                                    self.mb('Bad regular expression!\r\n\r\n{e}\r\n\r\nTry again.'.format(e=regex_err_msg))
                                    continue
                                used_DECIMAL_RE = '(DECIMAL)' in user_regex_with_group_1
                                user_regex_with_group_1 = user_regex_with_group_1.replace('(INT)', INT_RE).replace('(DECIMAL)', NUMBER_RE)
                                break
                    
                            while True:
                                threading.Timer(0.25, lambda : sk.SendKeys("{RIGHT}")).start()  # clear auto-selection of prompt text when box appears
                                user_options = self.prompt(
                                    '    Regex specified: {r}\r\n'
                                    'Choose options by placing 1 x in each group (no need to x to get DEFAULT choice)'.format(r=user_regex_with_group_1),
                                    '\r\n'.join([
                                        'Group 1 transformation:  [   ]Integer(DEFAULT)      [  {0}]Decimal      [   ]String      [   ]Ignorecase-cultural'.format(' x'[used_DECIMAL_RE]),
                                        'Sort order:  [   ]Ascending(DEFAULT)    [   ]Descending',
                                        'Other:',
                                        '[   ]Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match(DEFAULT)',
                                        '[   ]Remove-non-matching-lines',
                                        '[   ]Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom',
                                        '[   ]Multi-line-blocks',
                                    ])
                                    )
                                if user_options is None: return  # user cancel
                                if len(user_options.strip()) == 0:
                                    self.mb('Cannot specify empty options!  Try again.')
                                    continue
                                if self.option_check(user_options, 'String'): self.key_transform = str
                                elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Decimal'): self.key_transform = float
                                elif self.option_check(user_options, 'Ignorecase-cultural'): self.key_transform = ignorecase_culture_invariant
                                else: self.key_transform = int
                                self.do_descending_sort = self.option_check(user_options, 'Descending')
                                self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match')
                                self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex = self.option_check(user_options, 'Remove-non-matching-lines')
                                self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom = self.option_check(user_options, 'Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom')
                                self.multiline = self.option_check(user_options, 'Multi-line')
                                if not (self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex or self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom):
                                    self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match = True
                                if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match + self.remove_lines_that_dont_match_regex + self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom > 1:
                                    self.mb('Can only specify one way of handling unmatched lines! Try again!')
                                    continue
                                break
                    
                            search_start_pos = editor.positionFromLine(search_start_line)
                            search_end_pos = editor.getLineEndPosition(search_end_line)
                            
                            if self.multiline:
                                # find a character (or multi-char sequence) that is not in the document
                                delim = 1
                                delim_len = 1
                                allText = editor.getRangePointer(search_start_pos, search_end_pos)
                                while True:
                                    # consider only NUL, SOH, STX, ETX, EOT, ENQ, ACK, BEL
                                    delim = delim % 8
                                    if delim == 0:
                                        delim += 1
                                    delim_str = chr(delim) * delim_len
                                    if delim_str not in allText:
                                        self.multiline_block_delim = delim_str
                                        break
                                    else:
                                        delim += 1
                                        delim_len += 1
                            else:
                                # enforce single-line matching and only get the FIRST match on each line:
                                user_regex_with_group_1 = '(?-s)' + user_regex_with_group_1 + '.*'
                    
                    
                            # special "seeding", in case the very first line of the selection isn't hit:
                            self.last_matched_line_num = search_start_line - 1
                    
                            editor.research(user_regex_with_group_1, lambda m: self.match_found(m), 0, search_start_pos, search_end_pos)
                    
                            if self.zero_matches_for_regex:
                                self.mb('No lines matched the regex; aborting!')
                                return
                    
                            if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR:
                                self.mb('No sort key specified (via using capture group 1) in the regex; aborting!')
                                return
                    
                            if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR:
                                self.mb('Key data did not match specified type ({t}) on line {L}; aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error,
                                    t={ int : 'Integer', float : 'Decimal', str : 'String', ignorecase_culture_invariant: 'String' }[self.key_transform]))
                                return
                    
                            if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match and self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR:
                                self.mb('Not every line in the source data matched the specified regex (first non-matching line was {L}) OR there were multiple matches in at least one line; aborting!'.format(L=self.user_line_num_of_error))
                                return
                    
                            if len(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list) < 2:
                                self.mb('Nothing (reasonable) found to sort; aborting!')
                                return
                            
                    
                            sorted_line_list = [tup[1] for tup in sorted(self.key_and_line_content_tup_list, reverse=self.do_descending_sort)]
                            
                            if self.multiline:
                                sorted_line_list = [x.replace(self.multiline_block_delim, self.eol) for x in sorted_line_list]
                            elif self.matched_line_numbers:
                                first_unmatched_line = search_start_line + len(self.matched_line_numbers) + 1
                                self.mb('Line numbers {0}-{1} in sorted text were NOT matched.'.format(first_unmatched_line, search_end_line + 1),
                                    title='not all lines matched')
                                for line_num in range(search_start_line, search_end_line + 1):
                                    if line_num not in self.matched_line_numbers:
                                        unmatched_line = editor.getLine(line_num)
                                        sorted_line_list.append(unmatched_line.rstrip('\r\n'))
                    
                            doc_len_before = editor.getLength()
                    
                            editor.setSelection(search_end_pos, search_start_pos)
                            editor.replaceSel(self.eol.join(sorted_line_list))
                    
                            doc_len_delta = editor.getLength() - doc_len_before
                    
                            # leave sorted text selected:
                            editor.setSelection(search_end_pos + doc_len_delta, search_start_pos)
                    
                        def match_found(self, m):
                    
                            self.zero_matches_for_regex = False
                    
                            # we're already corrupt; don't bother processing further matches after the one where we found the problem
                            if self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR: return
                            if self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR: return
                            if self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR: return
                    
                            (start_pos_of_match, end_pos_of_match) = m.span(0)
                            line_num_of_match = editor.lineFromPosition(start_pos_of_match)
                            
                            try:
                                g1_str = m.group(1)
                            except IndexError:
                                self.user_did_not_specify_group1__ERROR = True
                                return
                    
                            try:
                                key_with_correct_type = self.key_transform(g1_str)
                            except ValueError:
                                self.key_did_not_match_specified_type__ERROR = True
                                self.user_line_num_of_error = line_num_of_match + 1
                                return
                    
                            if self.multiline:
                                line_content = m.group(0).rstrip('\n\r').replace(self.eol, self.multiline_block_delim)
                            else:
                                if line_num_of_match != self.last_matched_line_num + 1:
                                    if self.each_line_must_have_regex_group1_key_match:
                                        self.not_all_lines_matched__ERROR = True
                                        system_line_num_of_err = self.last_matched_line_num + 1
                                        self.user_line_num_of_error = system_line_num_of_err + 1
                                        return
                                self.last_matched_line_num = line_num_of_match
                                if self.sort_lines_that_dont_match_to_bottom:
                                    self.matched_line_numbers.add(line_num_of_match)
                                line_content = editor.getLine(line_num_of_match).rstrip('\n\r')
                    
                            tup = (key_with_correct_type, line_content)
                            self.key_and_line_content_tup_list.append(tup)
                    
                        def option_check(self, input_text, option_text):
                            m = re.search(r'\\[([^]]+)\\] ?{opt}'.format(opt=option_text), input_text)
                            retval = True if m and m.group(1) != ' ' * len(m.group(1)) else False
                            return retval
                    
                        def search_regex_is_invalid_error_msg(self, test_regex):
                            try:
                                # test test_regex for validity
                                editor.research(test_regex, lambda _: None)
                            except RuntimeError as r:
                                return str(r)
                            return ''
                    
                        def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
                            return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)
                    
                        def mb_ok_cancel(self, msg, title=''):  # returns True(OK) or False(Cancel)
                            okay = notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.OKCANCEL) == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTOK
                            return okay
                    
                        def prompt(self, prompt_text, default_text=''):
                            if '\n' not in prompt_text: prompt_text = '\r\n' + prompt_text
                            prompt_text += ':'
                            return notepad.prompt(prompt_text, self.this_script_name, default_text)
                    
                    #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    
                    if __name__ == '__main__': SLWRG1ASK()
                    

                    EXAMPLE: sorting the functions in a Python file

                    def foo(a) -> ruon:
                        fdnfoen
                        eorjerjeon
                        if neoren:
                            eorneor
                        for orneor in reiroewh:
                            orneroej
                            def xjorneo(zser):
                                ornero("defoorne")
                            
                    def zargothrax(rinonrururr: int, bozo: float, 
                    defrnore: rourno) -> ziiron:
                        oerjjeorno
                    def bar(b,
                    c,
                    d,
                    e):
                        oerneorn
                        erjelrkererei
                        o33n4o3jo3443i3i
                        043304 343kj3kj
                        def noer(x):
                            fnoerno
                    def uonreorn (x, b, z): ornepronp
                    
                    def barru(rnx):
                        pass
                        
                    def ournoerno
                      (fnorne
                     ):
                        pass
                    

                    can have its functions sorted using the following regex: (?-si)^def\h+(\w+)\s*\([\w:\s,]+?\)\s*(?:->[^:]+)?:(?:.+$|\h*\R(?:\x20+.*\R?)+) and the following options selected:

                    Group 1 transformation:  [   ]Integer(DEFAULT)      [   ]Decimal      [   ]String      [   x]Ignorecase-cultural
                    Sort order:  [   ]Ascending(DEFAULT)    [   ]Descending
                    Other:
                    [   ]Sort-only-if-all-lines-have-group-1-match(DEFAULT)
                    [   ]Remove-non-matching-lines
                    [   ]Sort-non-matching-lines-to-bottom
                    [  x ]Multi-line-blocks
                    
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                      @Mark-Olson said in How i can sort number from largest to smallest on notepad++:

                      (?-si)^def\h+(\w+)\s*([\w:\s,]+?)\s*(?:->[^:]+)?:(?:.+$|\h*\R(?:\x20+.*\R?)+)

                      I see that you use \h, \s and \x20 for a space in one and the same regex. Is there a deeper reason for that? Or is it didactic in that you want to point out that there are more possibilities for a space?

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                        last edited by

                        @Paul-Wormer said in How i can sort number from largest to smallest on notepad++:

                        I see that you use \h, \s and \x20 for a space in one and the same regex. Is there a deeper reason for that?

                        Yes, there are reasons for all of those decisions:

                        1. \h between def and the name of the function because they must be on the same line but (I believe) there can be arbitrary spacing between them
                        2. \s in the region containing the arguments because the arguments can be separated by arbitrary whitespace
                        3. \x20 because I’m assuming that the function is indented by spaces.
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                          last edited by

                          @Mark-Olson OK, that is clear. Thank you for the explanation.

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                            last edited by

                            If you’ve used a script in this thread, you might want to double check your copy of it for a bug I’ve discovered.
                            Look to previous postings in this topic thread where the script has been changed – find the text moderator edit (2024-Jan-14).
                            There’s a link there that describes the bug in more detail, and shows what needs to be changed in an old copy (or you can simply grab a copy of the current version).

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