Sorting objects by number of points

Hi @kylwell, you sound like you are a scripter? I've just written a quick script that sorts page items by number of path points. Perhaps you can adapt this to your needs? - Mark

var doc = app.activeDocument,
    items = [];

for (var i = 0; i < doc.pageItems.length; i++)
    if (doc.pageItems[i].parent.constructor.name !== 'CompoundPathItem')
        items.push(doc.pageItems[i]);

items.sort(sortByPathPoints);

// items array is now sorted by path point count
// ... do something?


/**
 * Sort by path points
 * @param {any PageItem} a - an Illustrator page item.
 * @param {any PageItem} b - an Illustrator page item.
 * @returns {Number}
 */
function sortByPathPoints(a, b) {
    return countPathPoints(a) < countPathPoints(b);
};


/**
 * Returns the number of path points of the item.
 * @param {PageItem} item - an Illustrator page item.
 * @returns {Number}
 */
function countPathPoints(item) {

    var count = 0;

    try {

        if (
            item != undefined
            && item.constructor.name == 'CompoundPathItem'
        )
            for (var i = 0; i < item.pathItems.length; i++)
                count += item.pathItems[i].pathPoints.length;

        else if (item.pathPoints != undefined)

            count += item.pathPoints.length;

    } catch (error) { }

    return count;

};