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Sorting words in a string

justvince — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:56:22 GMT

I would like to sort words alphabetically in a string. I am stuck trying to get the list back into one string.

string= "sort this sentence";
string_list = sort list(words(string ));  // string_list = {"sentence", "sort", "this"};
Sorted_string = (string_list);  // not sure how to create Sorted_string = "sentence sort this"
show(string, string_list, Sorted_string);

Re: Sorting words in a string

jthi — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:15:14 GMT

In JMP you can use Concat Items()

Names Default To Here(1);
Concat Items({"www", "jmp", "com"}, "."); //"www.jmp.com"

Re: Sorting words in a string

justvince — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:46:20 GMT

Thanks you got me on the right track.

string= "sort this sentence";
string_list = sort list(words(string));
sorting_string = "";
for(i=1, i<=nitems(string_list), i++,
	if(i<nitems(string_list),
		Sorting_string = concat(sorting_string, string_list[i], " ");
		,
		Sorting_string = concat(sorting_string, string_list[i]);
	);
);
show(string, string_list, Sorting_string);

----------------
Log:
string = "sort this sentence";
string_list = {"sentence", "sort", "this"};
Sorting_string = "sentence sort this";

Re: Sorting words in a string

jthi — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:51:52 GMT

I still would suggest using Concat Items() in cases like this

Names Default To Here(1);

string = "sort this sentence";
string_list = Sort List(Words(string));
Sorted_string = Concat Items(string_list, " "); 
Show(string, string_list, Sorted_string);

string = "sort this sentence";
string_list = {"sentence", "sort", "this"};
Sorted_string = "sentence sort this";

Re: Sorting words in a string

justvince — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:49:40 GMT

Perfect! Thanks!