Sort lines but keep the hierarchy

[Rune Egenes]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me with this. I’m looking for a way for this:

People
–>Man
–>Woman
–>Child
Sports
–> Football
–>Tennis
–>Golf

To sort and become like this:

Sports
–> Football
–>Tennis
–>Golf
People
–>Man
–>Woman
–>Child

Thank you.

[guy038]

Hello, @rune-egenes and All,

Well, not difficult to achieve with regular expressions !

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So we start with this INPUT text :

People
–>Man
–>Woman
–>Child
Sports
–> Football
–>Tennis
–>Golf

• Firstly, perform the following regex S/R, with displays all header strings in consecutive lines :

  • SEARCH \R(?=\x{2013}>)

  • REPLACE Leave EMPTY

And we get the temporary text, below :

People–>Man–>Woman–>Child
Sports–> Football–>Tennis–>Golf

• Secondly, run the option Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Descending

After the sort operation, we get :

Sports–> Football–>Tennis–>Golf
People–>Man–>Woman–>Child

• Thirdly, execute this last regex S/R, below :

  • SEARCH (?=\x{2013}>)

  • REPLACE \r\n    or    \n if you deal with UNIX files

And, here is your expected OUTPUT text :

Sports
–> Football
–>Tennis
–>Golf
People
–>Man
–>Woman
–>Child

Best Regards

guy038

[Rune Egenes]

@guy038 Thank you so much. I also have some lists that need to be sorted where
-> is tab (\t) is there a regex for that? Thank you

[guy038]

Hi, @rune-egenes and All,

Easy !

• First regex :

  • SEARCH \R(?=\t)

  • REPLACE Leave EMPTY

• Sort

• Second regex

  • SEARCH (?=\t)

  • REPLACE \r\n    or    \n if you deal with UNIX files

BR

guy038

[Mr. Jaims]

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