Sort Modes Explained

  • Alphabetical A-Z using locale-aware comparison (handles accents correctly)
  • Numerical Treats lines as numbers (1, 2, 10 not 1, 10, 2)
  • By Length Shortest to longest lines (great for finding outliers)
  • Random Fisher-Yates shuffle for true randomness

Developer Use Cases

  • Sort package.json dependencies alphabetically (npm/yarn convention)
  • Organize CSS properties in consistent order
  • Sort .gitignore patterns for easier scanning
  • Alphabetize import statements at top of files
  • Randomize test data or seed lists for A/B testing

Data Cleanup Workflows

  • Deduplicate email lists: Sort + Remove Duplicates + export clean list
  • Find duplicates: Sort first, then duplicates are adjacent and obvious
  • Merge lists: Paste both, sort, dedupe—instant merge without Excel
  • Length sort reveals: Blank lines at top, unusually long entries at bottom

Fun & Creative Uses

  • Randomize raffle winners or team assignments fairly
  • Shuffle playlist or reading list for variety
  • Create word scrambles: Sort letters of a word randomly
  • Reverse a poem line by line for artistic effect
  • Sort high scores numerically to find the winner