Sort List alpha-numerically, ignoring Capitals

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The sort list block:

lists_sort

will sort "correctly" (?); items that start with numbers, items that start with capital (uppercase) letters (A-Z), then items that start with lowercase letters (a-z).

Can any of the existing sort blocks be used to sort ignoring capitals?

e.g.
["123.png","Abbc.png","accd.png","baad.png","Bccd.png","Ceef.png"]

instead of
["123.png","Abbc.png","Bccd.png",,"Ceef.png""accd.png","baad.png"]

I am able to do this with functions from js or php, but would be good to use AI2 blocks.

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Does that downcase the items which start with capitals though ? I want to keep the original items because they are filenames to be fetched from a case sensitive server....:wink:

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the comparator will not effect the original list items.

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Well done, and thank you :slight_smile:

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Added to FAQ-Lists

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