Tips for counting, formatting and cleaning up text.
Alphabetising looks simple but the case and number pitfalls trip people up. Learn what alphabetical order really means and the fastest, most reliable way to sort.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
Raw keyword exports are unordered and full of duplicates. Learn how sorting and deduplicating turn a messy dump into a grouped, distinct keyword list.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
Long lists defeat manual handling. Learn to treat them as data and apply three scalable operations - sort, deduplicate, clean - to keep big lists manageable.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 10 min read
Text reversal rewrites characters in the opposite order. Learn what it is, the difference between reversing characters and words, where it is used, and how it works.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
Reversed text powers word games, puzzles and secret messages - and quietly teaches spelling, attention and how computers handle text. Explore both sides.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
A palindrome reads the same backwards as forwards. Explore palindromes, their deep link to reversal, famous examples, and how to check one accurately.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 10 min read
Counting lines sounds simple until you ask what a line is. Learn hard vs wrapped lines, why you count line breaks, and the quickest ways to count accurately.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
Word count and line count measure different things. Learn when each is the right metric — prose vs poetry, code and data — and how they work together.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 9 min read
A guide to analysing text through metrics — words, characters, lines, sentences, readability — and using them to diagnose and improve your writing.
AZ Utils Editorial · · 10 min read
