I am trying to order a list alphabetically but is ordering it so the strings starting with uppercase are ordered first then the strings with lowercase are ordered last.

How can I ignore the case of the strings?

Example output:

Ttk_PackBox
Ttk_PadBox
Ttk_PlaceBox
Ttk_RelievePadding
Ttk_StickBox
Ttk_UniformPadding
after
append
apply
argc
argv
argv0
array
attemptckalloc
attemptckrealloc
auto_execok
auto_import
auto_load
auto_mkindex
auto_path
auto_qualify
auto_reset
bell
bgerror

Shaun Kulesa schrieb am Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2023 um 16:43:36 UTC+2:
> Just to note, I am using lsort.

# https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl/TclCmd/lsort.htm
# -ascii
# Use string comparison with Unicode code-point collation order
# (the name is for backward-compatibility reasons.) This is the default.

package require struct::list

set l [split {Ttk_PackBox
Ttk_PadBox
Ttk_PlaceBox
Ttk_RelievePadding
Ttk_StickBox
Ttk_UniformPadding
after
append
apply
argc
argv
argv0
array
attemptckalloc
attemptckrealloc
auto_execok
auto_import
auto_load
auto_mkindex
auto_path
auto_qualify
auto_reset
bell
bgerror} '\n']

set s [ ::struct::list shuffle $l]
puts "l:\n $l"
puts "s:\n $s"
puts "nocase:\n [lsort -nocase $s]"
puts "ascii:\n [lsort -ascii $s]"
puts "default:\n [lsort $s]"
puts "dictionary:\n [lsort -dictionary $s]"

Thanks so much for the arg examples, it has helped me understand each arg.

I completely missed the nocase arg on the docs.

Thanks!

Shaun Kulesa schrieb am Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2023 um 18:01:18 UTC+2:
> Thanks so much for the arg examples, it has helped me understand each arg.
>
> I completely missed the nocase arg on the docs.
>
> Thanks!

# https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl/TclCmd/lsort.htm
#
# -nocase
# Causes comparisons to be handled in a case-insensitive manner.
# Has no effect if combined with the -dictionary, -integer, or -real options.

From 'man 3tcl lsort':

-dictionary
Use dictionary-style comparison. This is the same as -ascii ex-
cept (a) case is ignored except as a tie-breaker and (b) if two
strings contain embedded numbers, the numbers compare as inte-
gers, not characters. For example, in -dictionary mode, bigBoy
sorts between bigbang and bigboy, and x10y sorts between x9y and
x11y. Overrides the -nocase option.

At Sun, 1 Oct 2023 07:42:12 -0700 (PDT) Shaun Kulesa <shaunkulesa@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am trying to order a list alphabetically but is ordering it so the strings starting with uppercase are ordered first then the strings with lowercase are ordered last.
>
> How can I ignore the case of the strings?
>
> Example output:
>
> Ttk_PackBox
> Ttk_PadBox
> Ttk_PlaceBox
> Ttk_RelievePadding
> Ttk_StickBox
> Ttk_UniformPadding
> after
> append
> apply
> argc
> argv
> argv0
> array
> attemptckalloc
> attemptckrealloc
> auto_execok
> auto_import
> auto_load
> auto_mkindex
> auto_path
> auto_qualify
> auto_reset
> bell
> bgerror
>
>

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