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Python, sort lines by strings length

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fb16
2012-10-19
2013-01-25

  • fb16

    fb16 - 2012-10-19

    Hello,
    I don't know python. I've put together bits of code from the web to sort lines by the length of strings, i.e. to sort these lines: 

    stri
stri
string
string1
string1
s
st
str

    into these (removing duplicates also): 

    string1
string
stri
str
st
s

    Is there a way to streamline the following code i'm using, or maybe a simpler way to achieve the same result? Thanks 

    editor.beginUndoAction()
lines = {}
if (editor.getSelText()):
    hm = editor.getSelText().splitlines()
    howmanyLines = len(hm)
else:
    hm = editor.getLineCount()
    howmanyLines = hm
for line in range(0, howmanyLines):
    strippedLine = editor.getLine(line).rstrip('\r\n ')
    if len(strippedLine) in lines:
        continue
    else:
        lines[len(strippedLine)]=[strippedLine]
editor.clearAll()
for l in reversed(sorted(lines)):
    console.write( "\r\n".join(reversed(sorted(lines[l]))) )
    print "\r\n".join(reversed(sorted(lines[l])))
editor.endUndoAction()
     

  • fb16

    fb16 - 2012-10-23

    Hello,
    I've posted a new script here. For this reason I'm going to close this thread. Please, refer to this link in future:
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/forums/forum/1290590/topic/6056194
    Best regards
    fb16

     

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