Can someone share script that reorders objects in a layer, alphabetically from Z-A.

[D.S..]

I do have some figures with names that needs to be ordered alphabetically in the layer (random name) from Z-A (sometimes can be 500+ objects), it can be torture to do it manualy.

Endgoal Example:

I select all the objects in the layer, run the scripts and every selected object (or all objects in the layer) gets alphabetically ordered from Z-A.

 

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

• I presume you're aware that when rearranging the layer panel, you're not just rearranging the names of the items, but rearranging the Z-order of the items. 
• This is a bubble algorithm, so it may be slow if there are hundreds of items. 

var doc = app.activeDocument;
for (var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) {
    if (!doc.layers[i].locked && doc.layers[i].visible) {
        rearrange(doc.layers[i].pathItems);
    }
}
function rearrange(items){
  for (var i = items.length - 1; i > -1; i--){
      for (var j = 1; j <= i; j++){
          if (alphanumCase(items[j - 1].name, items[j].name) < 0){
              items[j].moveBefore(items[j - 1]);
          }
      }
  }
}
// http://www.davekoelle.com/files/alphanum.js
function alphanumCase(a, b) {
    function chunkify(t) {
        var tz = new Array();
        var x = 0, y = -1, n = 0, i, j;
        while (i = (j = t.charAt(x++)).charCodeAt(0)) {
            var m = (i == 46 || (i >=48 && i <= 57));
            if (m !== n) {
                tz[++y] = "";
                n = m;
            }
            tz[y] += j;
        }
        return tz;
    }
    var aa = chunkify(a.toLowerCase());
    var bb = chunkify(b.toLowerCase());
    for (x = 0; aa[x] && bb[x]; x++) {
        if (aa[x] !== bb[x]) {
            var c = Number(aa[x]), d = Number(bb[x]);
            if (c == aa[x] && d == bb[x]) {
                return c - d;
            } else return (aa[x] > bb[x]) ? 1 : -1;
        }
    }
    return aa.length - bb.length;
}

[D.S..]

Exactly what I needed.

I am aware of the rearange you mentioned.

Thank you! 🙂