# Sorting Columns By Character Length

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472 "2010-05-26T04:22:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dasterdlydicksin)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472/1 "2010-05-26T04:22:15Z")

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I'm wondering if there is a way to sort the columns by character length. Specifically in the filename. Thanks for any help.

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472/2 "2010-05-26T05:21:08Z")

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Two proposals.

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In Mp3tag list view you can define a new column with a name of your will and set the Value to  
**$len(%\_filename\_ext%)**, then sort this column.

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Change the filename's column "Sort by" definition to **$len(%\_filename\_ext%)**.

DD.20100526.0920.CEST

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### Author: ![dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dasterdlydicksin)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472/3 "2010-05-26T05:32:23Z")

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Perfect DetlevD. Thank you very much. Exactly what I was looking for