From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sorting directory-files on their extension
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:12:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7c4oqbb5mb.fsf@pbourguignon.lefevre.anevia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c95b6949-6d7f-4eec-91bf-ef0204d506bd@p15g2000vbl.googlegroups.com
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
> Does Emacs contain any built-in features for sorting file-names (list
> of strings) on their (file) extension?
Yes. Emacs contains a built-in emacs lisp processor, which is able to
compute anything that is computable.
In this case:
(sort file-list (lambda (a b)
(string< (file-name-extension a)
(file-name-extension b))))
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-07 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-07 14:35 Sorting directory-files on their extension Nordlöw
2009-10-07 15:11 ` Nordlöw
2009-10-07 15:17 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-10-07 15:12 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2009-10-07 15:59 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-07 16:04 ` Harry Putnam
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