Sort dialog, new option Sort on length of value

Sort dialog, new option Sort on length of value

Author: BdR76

CSVLintNppPlugin/CsvLint/CsvEdit.cs

@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ private static string SortableString(string val, CsvColumn csvcol)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="data">csv data</param>
         /// <param name="AscDesc">true = ascending, true = decending</param>
-        public static void SortData(CsvDefinition csvdef, int SortIdx, bool AscDesc)
+        public static void SortData(CsvDefinition csvdef, int SortIdx, bool AscDesc, bool ValLen)
         {
             // this should never happen
             if (SortIdx > csvdef.Fields.Count - 1)
@@ -1056,7 +1056,12 @@ public static void SortData(CsvDefinition csvdef, int SortIdx, bool AscDesc)
                 {
                     // construct sortable value
                     var val = (SortIdx < values.Count ? values[SortIdx] : "");
-                    sortval = SortableString(val, csvcol);
+
+                    // sort on values or on length of values
+                    if (ValLen)
+                        sortval = SortableString(val, csvcol); // sort on values
+                    else
+                        sortval = val.Length.ToString().PadLeft(8, '0');  // sort on length of values. Implicit assumption: max. string length = 99999999 characters
                 }
 
                 // reconstruct original line of data

CSVLintNppPlugin/Forms/CsvLintWindow.cs

@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ private void btnSort_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                 // user clicked OK or Cancel
                 int idx = frmsort.SortColumn;
                 bool asc = frmsort.SortAscending;
+                bool val = frmsort.SortValue;
 
                 // clear up
                 frmsort.Dispose();
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ private void btnSort_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                     var dtStart = DateTime.Now;
 
                     // split column
-                    CsvEdit.SortData(csvdef, idx, asc);
+                    CsvEdit.SortData(csvdef, idx, asc, val);
 
                     var dtElapsed = (DateTime.Now - dtStart).ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss\.fff");
 

CSVLintNppPlugin/Forms/SortForm.Designer.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public SortForm()
         public int SortColumn { get; set; }
 
         public bool SortAscending { get; set; }
+        public bool SortValue { get; set; }
 
         public void InitialiseSetting(CsvDefinition csvdef)
         {
@@ -36,14 +37,19 @@ public void InitialiseSetting(CsvDefinition csvdef)
             cmbSelectColumn.SelectedIndex = idx;
 
             // which option selected
-            rdbtnAscending.Checked  = (Main.Settings.SortAscending);
+            rdbtnAscending.Checked = (Main.Settings.SortAscending);
             rdbtnDescending.Checked = (!Main.Settings.SortAscending);
+
+            rdbtnValue.Checked = (Main.Settings.SortValue);
+            rdbtnLength.Checked = (!Main.Settings.SortValue);
         }
+
         private void EvaluateOkButton()
         {
             // can not press OK when nothing selected
             btnOk.Enabled = (cmbSelectColumn.SelectedIndex > 0);
         }
+
         private void cmbSelectColumn_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             EvaluateOkButton();
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ private void SortForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
             SortColumn = cmbSelectColumn.SelectedIndex - 1; // zero based, first item is a dummy
 
             SortAscending = rdbtnAscending.Checked;
+            SortValue = rdbtnValue.Checked;
         }
 
         private void btnOk_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@ private void btnOk_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             Main.Settings.SortColName = cmbSelectColumn.Items[cmbSelectColumn.SelectedIndex].ToString(); ;
 
             Main.Settings.SortAscending = rdbtnAscending.Checked;
+            Main.Settings.SortValue = rdbtnValue.Checked;
 
             // save to file
             Main.Settings.SaveToIniFile();

CSVLintNppPlugin/Forms/SortForm.cs

@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@ public int DataConvertBatch
         [Category("UserDialogs"), Browsable(false), DefaultValue("")]
         public string SortColName { get; set; }
 
-		// ADD NEW COLUMNS (2) user preferences
+        [Category("UserDialogs"), Browsable(false), DefaultValue(true)]
+        public bool SortValue { get; set; }
+
+        // ADD NEW COLUMNS (2) user preferences
         [Description("Add new columns (2)"), Category("UserDialogs"), Browsable(false), DefaultValue("/")]
         public string SplitChar { get; set; }