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IgnorePunctuation
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IgnorePunctuation

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is an option for AlphabeticSort and related functions that specifies whether to consider punctuation in determining sorting order.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Sort strings independent of punctuation:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0btnwlrhjzei-zgnv1e
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0btnwlrhjzei-nsusax
Out[2]=2

Scope  (1)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

IgnorePunctuation->True also ignores whitespace:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0btnwlrhjzei-oc025t
Out[3]=3
Wolfram Research (2015), IgnorePunctuation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.
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Wolfram Research (2015), IgnorePunctuation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), IgnorePunctuation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.

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Wolfram Research (2015), IgnorePunctuation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "IgnorePunctuation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2015. "IgnorePunctuation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). IgnorePunctuation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html

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Wolfram Language. (2015). IgnorePunctuation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_ignorepunctuation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IgnorePunctuation}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_ignorepunctuation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IgnorePunctuation}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_ignorepunctuation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IgnorePunctuation}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_ignorepunctuation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IgnorePunctuation}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnorePunctuation.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-March-2025 ]}