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Sort

World's simplest browser-based utility for sorting list items. Input your list and specify sorting criteria to organize items in ascending or descending order. Perfect for data organization, text processing, or creating ordered lists.

Input list

Sorted list

Tool options

Input item separator

Use a Symbol for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a character.

Use a Regex for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a regular expression.

Set a delimiting symbol or regular expression.

Sort method

Select a sorting method.

Select a sorting order.

Sort uppercase and lowercase items separately. Capital letters precede lowercase letters in an ascending list. (Works only in alphabetical sorting mode.)

Sorted item properties

Use this symbol as a joiner between items in a sorted list.

Delete duplicate list items.

What is list sorting?

Sorting a list sounds trivial until the list is 400 names pasted from a spreadsheet cell, a column of prices mixed with text, or a set of tags in no particular order. This tool sorts any list you paste in, with the options that actually matter when the input is messy: your choice of separator (split the input by a symbol like a comma, or by a regular expression for irregular input), ascending or descending order, and whether to remove duplicates and ignore letter case while sorting.

Sorting method deserves a moment of attention, because it is the classic source of wrong results: alphabetic sorting puts 10 before 9, because it compares characters, not values. If your list is numbers — prices, scores, sizes — switch the method to numeric and the order becomes correct. Case sensitivity is the second trap: capital letters typically sort before lowercase, so 'Zebra' lands before 'apple' unless case-insensitive sorting is on.

Output order and format are under your control as well: pick the join separator so the result comes back comma-separated, newline-separated, or in whatever form the next step of your workflow expects.

Everything processes locally in your browser the moment you type — paste from anywhere, sort, copy out. Since nothing is uploaded, there is no reason to hesitate even when the list contains customer names or other data you would rather not paste into a random web service. Typical uses: alphabetizing name lists, ordering menu items or product tags, sorting numeric values before analysis, and cleaning up keyword lists where duplicates and case chaos have crept in over time.


Sort Examples

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Sort numbers ascending

Sort a list of numbers in ascending order

Input item separator

Use a Symbol for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a character.

Use a Regex for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a regular expression.

Set a delimiting symbol or regular expression.

Sort method

Select a sorting method.

Select a sorting order.

Sort uppercase and lowercase items separately. Capital letters precede lowercase letters in an ascending list. (Works only in alphabetical sorting mode.)

Sorted item properties

Use this symbol as a joiner between items in a sorted list.

Delete duplicate list items.

Sort words alphabetically

Sort words alphabetically, case-sensitive

Input item separator

Use a Symbol for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a character.

Use a Regex for Splitting

Delimit input list items with a regular expression.

Set a delimiting symbol or regular expression.

Sort method

Select a sorting method.

Select a sorting order.

Sort uppercase and lowercase items separately. Capital letters precede lowercase letters in an ascending list. (Works only in alphabetical sorting mode.)

Sorted item properties

Use this symbol as a joiner between items in a sorted list.

Delete duplicate list items.


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