This very simple script with sort the obejcts in the current module in ascending order of the specified attribute. This does not sort the view, it actually moves the objects into order.

It will also print any duplicates found, i.e. objects that have the same value for the selected attribute.

// Sort Objects in Module

/*
 Tony Goodman
*/

string ATTR = "Absolute Number"
Skip objects = createString

Module m = current Module

Object o = null
Object p = null

p = current Object

for o in m do
{
 if (o.ATTR "" == "") continue
 
 if (!find(objects, o.ATTR ""))
 {
  put(objects, o.ATTR "", o)
 }
 else
 {
  print("duplicate: " identifier(o) "\n")
 }
}

for o in objects do
{
 if (o == last(m)) continue
 
 noError
 move(o, last(m))
 lastError
}