# How to sort words alphabetically from a String?

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-sort-words-alphabetically-from-a-string/12767 "2019-07-17T21:47:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-sort-words-alphabetically-from-a-string/12767/71 "2020-04-21T16:46:39Z")

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> [@lolonulu](#):
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> I tried your solution in a sketch

Hello,

I was just sharing… you inspired me to try this.  
There are many ways to do things and I just threw this together quickly.

Give consideration to text alignment.  
I used in my example:  
`textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);`

This may not be directly related but shows how text alignment can be a consideration:

> [@Unexpected Character Movement](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unexpected-character-movement/16716/2):
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> I dont see the Needle() function. Are you using translate() or rotate() inside it?

Stay well!

`:)`

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