How can i sort MS Word paragraphs alphabetically with python-docx ?

I tried several things but can't get it working. Is somethings like this code bellow could do the work ?

from docx import Document

document = Document()
document.add_paragraph('B - paragraph two' )
document.add_paragraph('A - paragraph one' )

document.paragraphs.sort(key=lambda x: x.text)

document.save('sorted_paragraphs.docx')

Expected result in sorted_paragraphs.docx:

A - paragraph one
B - paragraph two

ie: Is there a way to do the same things that MS word GUI sort does with python ?

The point is to change the position of the paragraphs in the document so they are displayed in alphabetical order based on the paragraphs first letter.

CodePudding user response：

Something like this should do the trick:

# --- range of paragraphs you want to sort, by paragraph index
# --- note that the last paragraph (18) is not included, consistent
# --- with Python "slice" notation.
start, end = 8, 18

# --- create a sorted list of tuples (pairs) of paragraph-text (the
# --- basis for the sort) and the paragraph `<w:p>` element for each
# --- paragraph in range.
text_element_triples = sorted(
    (paragraph.text, i, paragraph._p)
    for i, paragraph in enumerate(document.paragraphs[start:end])
)

# --- move each paragraph element into the sorted position, starting
# --- with the first one in the list
_, _, last_p = text_element_triples[0]

for _, _, p in text_element_triples[1:]:
    last_p.addnext(p)
    last_p = p