How can I alphabetize within a ? 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I'm guessing the "JavaScript sort()" function, but I really don't know. All I've seen with that so far is using it to alphabetize arrays. This would be for anything entered, per line, in an open textarea. Any ideas?</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to read this.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/alphabetized" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'alphabetized'" rel="tag">alphabetized</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited Feb 14 '13 at 04:12">edited Feb 14 '13 at 04:12</time> <a href="../../users/1442086/shurmajee" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/1442086.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Shurmajee" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/1442086/shurmajee" class="s-user-card--link">Shurmajee</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1,027</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="3 gold badges">3</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="12 silver badges">12</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="35 bronze badges">35</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Feb 14 '13 at 03:46">asked Feb 14 '13 at 03:46</time> <a href="../../users/2070685/user2070685" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2070685.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="user2070685" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2070685/user2070685" class="s-user-card--link">user2070685</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">79</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="5 bronze badges">5</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="14867487"></a> <div id="answer-14867487" class="answer " data-answerid="14867487" data-ownerid="825568" data-score="13" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="14867487"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btn__unset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="13">13</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p><a class="external-link" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split"><code>split</code></a> the string into an array, <a class="external-link" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort">sort</a> it, then <a class="external-link" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/join"><code>join</code></a> it back together:</p> <pre><code>var textarea = document.getElementById("theTextareaId"); 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