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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 to convert a base 10 number to alphabetic like ordered list in HTML

I want to convert a integer to alphabetic equivalent like ordered list in HTML.
    I tried to convert a base 10 number to a base 26 with a-z digits. But that's not what I wanted. IN WANT GET ----------------------- 1 …
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Extracting whole words

I have a large set of real-world text that I need to pull words out of to input into a spell checker. I'd like to extract as many meaningful words as possible without too much noise. I know there's plenty of regex ninjas around here, so hopefully…
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JsTree: How to sort jstree nodes with folders at the top

I use the plugin Jstree to draw a tree of folders ans files. I want to get the list of folders at the top then the list of files (the list of folders and files must be sorted in alphabetical order). There is my function of initilization of the…
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Insert into an already-sorted list

With Java, I have a class, known as TestClass, which has a member named Name, which is a string. I also have an ArrayList of this type, which is already sorted alphabetically by Name. What I want to do is find the best index in which to put a new…
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Sorting html ul/li list in alphabetical vertical blocks

Here's a problem I run into every now and then, that I usually try and solve from a back end perspective, but would like to know if there's a magic solution others have found to solve this on the front end. Given a ul/li list, provided in the markup…
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Isolate alphabetical strings within a larger string

Is there a way to isolate parts of a string that are in alphabetical order? In other words, if you have a string like this: hjubcdepyvb Could you just pull out the portion in alphabetical order?: bcde I have thought about using the is.unsorted()…
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How to sort list inside dict in Python?

I am trying to sort list inside of dict alphabetically but not able to do it. My list is {"B" : ["x", "z", "k"], "A" : ["a", "c", "b"]} What I want to do is, {"A" : ["k", "x", "z"], "B" : ["a", "b", "c"]} my codes are a = {"B" : ["x", "z", "k"],…
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Can you prevent automatic alphabetical order of df.append()?

I am trying to append data to a log where the order of columns isn't in alphabetical order but makes logical sense, ex. Org_Goals_1 Calc_Goals_1 Diff_Goals_1 Org_Goals_2 Calc_Goals_2 Diff_Goals_2 I am running through several calculations based…
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WordPress Orderby Last Word In Title

I have a custom post type of "staff". I need to get this to display the staff alphabetically by last name on the page. I know a work around would be to use custom meta boxes and break up first and last names into two fields but I'm trying to avoid…
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sort arraylist of complex objects alphabetically

I know that Collections.sort(myArrayList) can sort an arraylist alphabetically when they are strings, but what about when they are something more complex such as a data object containing two or more variables including a String. Is there a way to…
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alphabetical pagination in rails

I'm searching a gem for Rails for alphabetical pagination. I wish I could have a list of first letters found in the result (I mean, if there is no row beginning with 'a', I don't want the 'a' to be display on the pagination links). Is this kind of…
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Creating new String with sorted letters from a String word in Java

How do I create a String with alphabetical order letters taken from another String? Let's say I have something like this String theWord = "Hello World"; How do I compute the new String to make it look like" dehllloorw Which is theWord but sorted…
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Reverse only alphabetical patterns in a string in R

I'm trying to learn R and a sample problem is asking to only reverse part of a string that is in alphabetical order: String: "abctextdefgtext" StringNew: "cbatextgfedtext" Is there a way to identify alphabetical patterns to do this?
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R - Can you compare which value is first in alphabetical order?

If I have the values: x <- 'random' y <- 'word' Can I do a test to see if x alphabetically comes before or after y? In this example something similar to a function that would produce: alphabetical(x,y) -> True alphabetical(y,x) -> False
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Display Namelist In Recyclerview under each letter in alphabetic Order Android

I have list of contacts which has to be displayed in alphabetic under each alphabet as shown in the image shown How can I do this in RecyclerView, please suggest a solution.thanks
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