About this page
Every list arrives a little bent: names in the order they came, duplicates from two pastes, blank lines from nowhere, or the whole thing on one line held together by commas. Paste it here and put it in order—alphabetical either way, shuffled, reversed, deduplicated, numbered, trimmed—each press reported in a line under the buttons, with an undo if you disagree. Sorting knows that item 2 belongs before item 10, and with the Turkish box ticked it also knows where ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş and ü belong in the alphabet. The box ticks itself when the list contains them.
Questions
How do I sort a list alphabetically?
Paste the list, one item per line, and press A → Z—or Z → A for the other direction. Numbers inside the lines are compared as numbers, so item 2 comes before item 10. Ignore case is on by default; untick it to sort capitals apart from lowercase.
Does alphabetical order handle Turkish letters?
With the Turkish box ticked, sorting uses the Turkish alphabet—ç after c, ğ after g, ı before i, ö after o, ş after s, ü after u—and case handling keeps the two i’s apart, so a class list of Turkish names comes out in register order. The box ticks itself when the list contains Turkish characters.
How do I turn a comma-separated list into lines?
Press Commas → lines and every comma becomes a line break, with the spaces around items tidied away. Lines → commas folds the list back onto one line, separated by commas—useful for pasting into a form or a message.
Can I draw a name from this list?
Yes—once the list has two or more lines, a link appears by the buttons that carries it straight into The Lots, the name draw: the list arrives already in the pool, ready for the classroom or the meeting.
Where does my list go?
Nowhere. Everything happens in this browser; the page keeps the list in local storage on your device so it is still there if the tab closes. Clearing the browser’s site data clears it too.
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