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Hi guys,
I am struggling to write a sort on file which is of variable length and the data in it doesn't have fixed position.
Input file is like:
Mark aaaaa
Amy bbbbbbb
Hardy cccc
Positions are not fixed
I want to write a sort on length of field before space , in ascending order.,means to perform ascending sort on length of field before space eg mark,Amy...
Looking forward for your replies.
Thanks in advance

Do you mean your output should be:

'Amy' being 3 bytes and 'Mark' 4 bytes with 'Hardy' 5 bytes?

Yes nice, it should sort these but on basis of length
Pls help me here, as the positions are not fixed I am struggling to get it.

Are you going to make up your mind where you want this answered?

Hey, I am dealing with data which is kind of unformatted,report data.

NicC wrote:Do you mean your output should be:

Select all

Amy
Mark
Hardy

'Amy' being 3 bytes and 'Mark' 4 bytes with 'Hardy' 5 bytes?

Yes rite, waiting for your reply

NicC was just clarifying what you are asking. You'll be waiting a while.

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