Sorting Numerical Data Alphabetically
Are there any situations where it's useful to sort numerical data alphabetically? for e.g. 111 12 2 when sorted in ascending order,give: 111 12 2 ...
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Can I change the assignment order for new model instances in rails.
I have two attributes, 'a_value' and 'b_id'. (Not their real names.) 'a_value' is stored on the file system, using some information from model 'B', referenced by 'b_id'. So, my params object looks like: params[:foo] = {"a_value"=>"nifty value","b_id"=>"38"} for example. Now, in foo_controller.rb: foo = Foo.new(params[:foo]) But t...
How do I sort enum members alphabetically in Java?
I have an enum class like the following: public enum Letter { OMEGA_LETTER("Omega"), GAMMA_LETTER("Gamma"), BETA_LETTER("Beta"), ALPHA_LETTER("Alpha"), private final String description; Letter() { description = toString(); } Letter(String description) { this.description = description; ...
MySQL sort by name
Is ir possible to sort a column alphabetically but ignoring certain words like e.g 'The' e.g. A normal query would return string 1 string 3 string 4 the string 2 I would like to return string 1 the string 2 string 3 string 4 Is this possible? EDIT Please note I am looking to replace multiple words like The, A, etc... Can this b...
MYSQL: how to "reorder" a table
I have a table like the following, | id | name | color | ------+--------+--------- | 1 | pear | green | | 2 | apple | red | | 3 | banana | yellow | | 4 | grape | purple | I'd like to reorder alphabetically using the "name" column and reset the id (autoincrement) with this new order to end up with the following | i...
Quickly alphabetize a large file via python
#!/usr/bin/python import random import string appendToFile = open("appendedFile", "a" ) # Generator for i in range(1, 100000): chars = "".join( [random.choice(string.letters) for i in xrange(15)] ) chars2 = "".join( [random.choice(string.letters) for i in xrange(15)] ) appendToFile.write(chars + ":" + chars2 + "\n") ap...
AS3: Inserting XML Elements Alphabetically By A Property
So I'm having a slightly tricky issue... I'm generating an XML file within a class I'm writing. Let's say this was the starting XML: <base> <container id="0"> <element type="Image" x="0" y"0" /> <element type="Image" x="100" y"0" /> <container/> </base> I want to add additional <element>'s. The first order of...
Best way to show friends of a user in alphabetical order
On a social network I am working on in PHP/MySQL, I have a friends page, it will show all friends a user has, like most networks do. I have a friend table in mysql, it only has a few fields. auto_ID, from_user_ID, to_friend_ID, date I would like to make the friends page have a few different options for sorting the results, 1) By auto...
php select from mysql where title begins with A (and A alone)
I'm sure this is super easy, but can't seem to figure it out.. I need to select all titles from my database where the title starts with A, or B, or C etc. Here's what I've tried so far: SELECT * FROM weblinks WHERE catid = 4 AND title LIKE 'A' but returns nothing.. Could someone help me out with this? Cheers ...
Batch Files: Processing files in alphbetical (Numerical maybe>) Order
Hey S.O Guys I am currently trying to process a bunch of files with imagemagick using a batch file in windows, they are all numbered numerically as follows: image00 image01, image02, ..., image010, image011, ..., image0100, image0101 and so on, but when i try to process the file it wants to run though image00, image01, image010, image0...
I need to sort php jquery gallery script alphabetically
know nothing about php, but I have this script that reads a folder and displays a thumbnail gallery, problem is it dosent display alphabetically. Have searched the net and seen that sort does this but have no idea where to start any help would be much appreciated. heres the script $sitename = $row_wigsites['id']; $directory = 'sit...
Sorting digits in a string alphabetically
We have a list of titles, some of which start with numbers (e.g. 5 Ways to Make Widgets). We would like to sort this as if it were "Five Ways..." without changing the title. We know that some movie places do this, but I can't find info online on how to do it. Any ideas? ...
[PHP] Alphabetical order help
Hey there, I'm having an issue here, I am trying to get all the titles from my database and list them in alphabetial order with the first letter indicating where we are at, so to be more clear: A: Animal Alex B: Boo C: Crap Actually this is what I use, and it works perfect: <?php $conn = mysql_connect('localhost','user','pw') o...
how to get alphabetically next and prev records wiht minimal fetched records??
I have a page that is displaying a company name and its details from a table A. Now say i have a company displayed,and its name is 'Company_one' now i want to have alphabetically sorted next company and previous company and their details etc. The data in my table is not sorted.Its stored as it gets the data. So now what kind of query...
How to get values of an array in the alphabetical order?
I have an array of strings plus one additional string. I want to use this string and values of array to get a set of string. Then I want to order the set of string alphabetically and extract the string which is the first in the list. What is the easiest way to do it in Java? ADDED: I wanted to do it this way: List<String> playersList ...
implement alphabetical scroll in MPMediaPickerController app
If you go to the iphone library and then go to songs, you will see the songs being displayed in a similar way to the MPMediaItemPicker class does. The only difference is that the ipod application shows the search bar right at the top of the list and also a nice alphabetical scroll on the right hand side whereas the MPMediaItemPicker clas...
How to creat Alphabetical search for each category in Magento
Hello, I am newbee for Magento i want to create alphabetical search for each category in magento is there any way to do this? Example : For Categories Like: Men's - Women's In womens Page There some section in Middle of page or sidebar where all the Alphabets like # & A-Z if visitor click on A so all product start with A under womens ...
JAVA or JAVA SCRIPT OR Idoc SCRIPT alphabetical sort
I have the following task: All items within categories should be sorted alphabetically except for Examples. Special characters and numbers should be displayed before letters. I'm facing with a problem. Most of standard sort functions and plugins are being used the ASCII table. In this table the following symbols: ~,},{ etc. have the in...
if string is alphabetically greater than other string in objective
I'm trying to use an if statement to work out which of 2 strings comes first alphabetically. Like with numbers and greater and less than: if (1 < 2) { just with strings: if(@"ahello" < @"bhello") { Or would I have to have a string containing all the letters and then check the index of the first char in each string and see which ind...
Regex - Format with tabs and alphabetical
Is it possible to use regex to turn this <site-ui:header title="error" backURL="javascript:history.go(-1);" /> into this <site-ui:header backURL="javascript:history.go(-1);" title="error" /> Basically, my goal is to format this xml so that the fields are in alphabetical order (e.g. backURL comes before title), and each field...