Sort Note Lines Command

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Name: Sort Note (asc)

Attributes:

• #cmdPalette="Sort Current Note (asc)"
• #cmdPaletteDesc="Sort the current note's lines ascending"

Code:

/* Utility Functions */

/* getNoteContent */
/* returns the body of a note specified by the noteID */
async function getNoteContent(noteID) {
    const targetNote = await api.getNote(noteID);
    const noteContent = await targetNote.getContent();
    return noteContent;
} 

/* setNoteContent */
/* Sets the body of a note specified by the noteID to text in content argument */
async function setNoteContent(noteID, content) {
        await api.runOnBackend((id, newContent) => {
            const targetNote = api.getNote(id);
            targetNote.setContent(newContent, null);
         }, [noteID, content]);
                
        await api.waitUntilSynced();
}

/* Command Script */
/* Sorts the current note's lines ascending */
const noteId = api.getActiveContextNote().noteId;
const noteContent = await getNoteContent(noteId);
const sortedContent = noteContent.split('<p>').sort(Intl.Collator().compare).join('<p>');
setNoteContent(noteId, sortedContent);

Notes:

• Sorts everything in the current note alphabetically (ascending)
• To change to descending, just change
  • noteContent.split('<p>').sort(Intl.Collator().compare).join('<p>');
  • to:
  • noteContent.split('<p>').sort(Intl.Collator().compare).reverse().join('<p>');