From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to sort words in a line Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:07:52 +0200 Organization: Informatimago Message-ID: <87lkdekio7.fsf@thalassa.lan.informatimago.com> References: <87r6n7l41m.fsf@thalassa.lan.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184697733 9098 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2007 18:42:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:42:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 17 20:42:11 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IArzt-0007xs-QZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:42:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IArzt-0003iN-At for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:42:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 51 Original-X-Trace: individual.net pCith7Yf6CxwN6NVHJnW2AAQKex2HuadU41PlgnClHvA7X4lCT Cancel-Lock: sha1:YTY0YjFkYmM1OTEyOTcwZmFhODBjN2RjNjk0YzU0OGIyMDZkZWFiOQ== sha1:uQr8bgpyTRE9pZ4CnF1T+oFqBAM= Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA oElEQVR4nK3OsRHCMAwF0O8YQufUNIQRGIAja9CxSA55AxZgFO4coMgYrEDDQZWPIlNAjwq9 033pbOBPtbXuB6PKNBn5gZkhGa86Z4x2wE67O+06WxGD/HCOGR0deY3f9Ijwwt7rNGNf6Oac l/GuZTF1wFGKiYYHKSFAkjIo1b6sCYS1sVmFhhhahKQssRjRT90ITWUk6vvK3RsPGs+M1RuR mV+hO/VvFAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Accept-Language: fr, es, en X-Disabled: X-No-Archive: no User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150177 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:45763 Archived-At: Rainer Stengele writes: > Pascal Bourguignon schrieb: >> Rainer Stengele writes: >>> I just couldn't find a fast solution to sort a line of words: >>> >>> zzz aaa hhhh >>> >>> --> >>> >>> aaa hhhh zzz >>> >>> >>> Did I miss a simple command? >> >> AFAIK, no. >> >> But it's rather simple a command to write: >> >> (defun sort-words-in-lines (start end) >> (interactive "r") >> (goto-char start) >> (beginning-of-line) >> (while (< (setq start (point)) end) >> (let ((words (sort (split-string (buffer-substring start (line-end-position))) >> (function string-lessp)))) >> (delete-region start (line-end-position)) >> (dolist (word words ) (insert word " "))) >> (beginning-of-line) (forward-line 1))) >> >> > thanx! > > Wow! Thats quite a piece of code for a not-yet Lisp programmer. > Coming from perl this would be a simple one-liner doing the work. > Don't misunderstand me - I understand the power and flexibility of elisp > in emacs. I just wonder if there is not a built in solution. > > Somebody? Of course there is a one-liner! You select your lines, and type M-x sort-words-in-lines RET -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ NOTE: The most fundamental particles in this product are held together by a "gluing" force about which little is currently known and whose adhesive power can therefore not be permanently guaranteed.