User:Digitalme/alphabetize.rb

Purpose

alphabetize.rb can take a list of words, including words that are [[wikilinked]], and alphabetize them. It will sort wikilinks right along with the rest of the words, unlike most alphabetizers, which would just dump the wikilinks at the end.

Use

$>ruby alphabetize.rb infile outfile

infile is the file you want to alphabetize, outfile is the file you want the alphabetized contents of infile to be outputed into.

The code

#alphabetize.rb
#By digital_me
#http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Digitalme
#You may use this script freely, as long as you give me appropriate credit.

items = IO.readlines(ARGV[0])
wiki = []

items.each do |word|
    if word =~ /.*\[\[.*\]\]/
        wiki << word
        word.gsub!("[[" , "")
        word.gsub!("]]" , "")
    end
end
   
sorted = items.sort

sorted.each do |word|
    if wiki.include?(word)
        word.insert(1, "[[")
        word.insert(-2, "]]")
    end
end

File.open(ARGV[1], "w") do |file|
file.puts sorted
end