Text Sorter

The Text Sorter organizes lines of text in the order you choose. It supports three sorting modes — alphabetical, numerical, and by line length — each available in ascending or descending direction. This tool is invaluable for anyone who works with lists, data sets, log files, or any text that needs to be reordered quickly.

Alphabetical sorting arranges lines using standard locale-aware string comparison. This is the default choice for sorting names, titles, glossary terms, or any list of words. Numerical sorting parses each line as a number and orders them by value, which is essential when your lines contain quantities, prices, scores, or any numerical data. Alphabetical sorting would incorrectly place "9" after "10" because it compares character by character, but numerical sorting handles this correctly. By-length sorting orders lines by their character count, which is useful for finding the shortest or longest entries in a list, organizing data by content density, or formatting output for readability.

Each mode works in both ascending and descending directions. Ascending alphabetical runs A through Z. Descending reverses that to Z through A. The same logic applies to numerical and by-length modes. Empty lines are preserved in their relative positions during sorting.

The tool splits your input on newline characters, sorts the resulting array, and joins the lines back together. All processing runs in your browser with no server communication. It handles Unicode text correctly, so international characters and accented letters sort in their expected positions.