# Feature Request: Sort by "Numeric Characters"

**URL:** https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205
**Category:** Features
**Created:** [16 August 2019 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205 "2019-08-16T13:27:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Bth3On3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bth3On3](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Bth3On3)
#### Post date: [16 August 2019 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205/1 "2019-08-16T13:27:54Z")

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Hello there,  
First of all, thank you for developing this great and usefull tool.  
i would like to give a suggestion /Feature Request about the "Sort notes by" "Title" function.  
Id like to sort my Notes by Numeric characters like 1.-14. for example. Sort by Title is working for Numbers 1-9 fine, but Numbers 10th,11th,12th will be sortet directly under the Number 1  
(for example 1 ,10, 11 , 2 ,21...)  
Is a real sort function by Numeric characters possible in future?  
Thanks for reply und sorry for bad grammar 🙂

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### Author: ![Rado1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Rado1](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Rado1)
#### Post date: [16 August 2019 15:48 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205/2 "2019-08-16T15:48:45Z")

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What about the approach I’m using everywhere with alphanumeric sorting only?  
01, 02, 03, 04,…  
or even  
001, 002, 003, 004,…

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### Author: ![Bth3On3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bth3On3](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Bth3On3)
#### Post date: [17 August 2019 06:54 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205/3 "2019-08-17T06:54:44Z")

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😅  
Hello Rado, thank U, that helps  
sometime the solution is so simple but you can't see it^^ 🤭

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### Author: ![linsharon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/linsharon/32/2704_2.png) [@linsharon](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/linsharon)
#### Post date: [13 May 2020 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-sort-by-numeric-characters/3205/4 "2020-05-13T10:40:17Z")

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this problem becomes a big problem for me when my numbered notes 01,02,…,99 hit the number of 100. Now 100th note is pulled back to stay between the 9th and the 10th notes. can you help with this function update?