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Use this tag to describe the way of ordering a sequence in the same order as the alphabet

Alphabetical describes the way of ordering a sequence of strings (letters, words...) in the same order as the alphabet. For instance, a dictionary is ordered in the alphabetical order.

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How can I sort a List alphabetically?

I have a List object that contains country names. How can I sort this list alphabetically?
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Python data structure sort list alphabetically

I am a bit confused regarding data structure in python; (),[], and {}. I am trying to sort a simple list, probably since I cannot identify the type of data I am failing to sort it. My list is simple: ['Stem', 'constitute', 'Sedge', 'Eflux', 'Whim',…
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What is a method that can be used to increment letters?

Does anyone know of a Javascript library (e.g. underscore, jQuery, MooTools, etc.) that offers a method of incrementing a letter? I would like to be able to do something like: "a"++; // would return "b"
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How do I sort strings alphabetically while accounting for value when a string is numeric?

I'm trying to sort an array of numbers that are strings and I'd like them to sort numerically. The catch is that I cannot convert the numbers into int. Here is the code: string[] things= new string[] { "105", "101", "102", "103", "90" }; foreach…
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Convert character to its alphabet integer position?

I'm trying to find if there is a quick way to get the integer position of a character in the alphabet (C#). I can simply create an array and get the position, but seems there must be a "nice and funky" way of acheiving this? I've also looked at…
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How to create an alphabetical scrollbar displaying all the letter in android?

My purpose is to obtain something like that : But the only examples i can find are lists like that : android - listview fastscroll with alphabet like on iPhone contacts activity Obviously, I don't want a list like the contacts which displays the…
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Simple way to sort strings in the (case sensitive) alphabetical order

I need to sort list of strings in the alphabetical order: List list = new ArrayList(); list.add("development"); list.add("Development"); list.add("aa"); list.add("AA"); list.add("Aa"); A common way to do it is to use…
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Eclipse organize methods in alphabetical order

I have a large class that contains about 30 methods. Is it possible to automatically sort them in alphabetical order in eclipse? I was hoping to do this so they would be easier to find when java browsing or looking at the class outline window.
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Convert numbers into corresponding letter using Python

I was wondering if it is possible to convert numbers into their corresponding alphabetical value. So 1 -> a 2 -> b I was planning to make a program which lists all the alphabetical combinations possible for a length specified by a user. See I know…
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SQL Listing all column names alphabetically

I know that SELECT * FROM Table will list all columns in the table, but I am interested in listing the columns in alphabetical order. Say, I have three columns, "name", "age" and "sex". I want the columns organized in the format |age| |name|…
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php select from mysql where title begins with A (and A alone)

I'm sure this is super easy, but can't seem to figure it out.. I need to select all titles from my database where the title starts with A, or B, or C etc. Here's what I've tried so far: SELECT * FROM weblinks WHERE catid = 4 AND title LIKE 'A' but…
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Generating an alphabetic sequence in Java

I'm looking for a way of generating an alphabetic sequence: A, B, C, ..., Z, AA, AB, AC, ..., ZZ. Can anyone suggest a convenient way of doing this. What data structures can I make use of? I'd like methods which get the next code in the sequence…
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How to make a continuous alphabetic list python (from a-z then from aa, ab, ac etc)

I would like to make a alphabetical list for an application similar to an excel worksheet. A user would input number of cells and I would like to generate list. For example a user needs 54 cells. Then I would…
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if string is alphabetically greater than other string in objective

I'm trying to use an if statement to work out which of 2 strings comes first alphabetically. Like with numbers and greater and less than: if (1 < 2) { just with strings: if(@"ahello" < @"bhello") { Or would I have to have a string containing all…
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Alphabetize lines of a given range in vim

I have several lines that I want to alphabetize. For example, say I have a bunch of vim set commands in a file: set nowrap set number set expandtab set hlsearch set list How would I alphabetize these 5 lines? The output would look like this: set…
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