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I want to sort a cell alphabetically, but when I using sort(), I got result as below:
A = ["AM";"AbnormalAccruals";"AOP";"AccrualsBM"];
sort(A)
ans = 4×1 string array
"AM" "AOP" "AbnormalAccruals" "AccrualsBM"
However, the result I want is as follows:
"AbnormalAccruals"
"AccrualsBM"
"AM"
"AOP"
That is, the letter 'b' and 'c' should be arranged before the letter 'M'.
Thank you very much!

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Parag Jhunjhunwala
Parag Jhunjhunwala on 23 Jun 2023
The following code sorts a cell alphabetically by converting all the strings to lowercase characters without affecting the original cell:
A = ["AM";"AbnormalAccruals";"AOP";"AccrualsBM"];
[~,idx]=sort(lower(A));
A=A(idx)
A = 4×1 string array
"AbnormalAccruals" "AccrualsBM" "AM" "AOP"

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Aakash
Aakash on 23 Jun 2023

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