Is this possible in Numbers?

Question

I have a Text Edit file with a bunch of random email addresses unformatted which look like this:
<[email protected]> John Doe, <[email protected]> Ann Blink,   [etc]
Is it possible to copy and paste them, or import them into a Numbers document in way that will automatically
put them into  an alphabetical column?
cheers
M S
PS As a matter of interest - how do I get the fictional examples of email addresses above NOT to appear in clickable format .. just plain text in this post?

Answer 1

The posted script may help you.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT from_TextEdit_to_Numbers]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : from_TextEdit_to_Numbers.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Copier depuis TextEdit les données addresses mail + titulaire stockées sous la forme :
<[email protected]> John Doe, <[email protected]> Ann Blink, …
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir “from_TextEdit_to_Numbers”
Le script découpe le contenu du presse-papiers en lignes de deux valeurs
qu'il enregistre dans un fichier texte qu'ouvre Numbers.
--=====
L’aide du Finder explique:
L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l’Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus”.
Sous 10.6.x,
aller dans le panneau “Général” du dialogue Préférences de l’Éditeur Applescript
puis cocher la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre des menus”.
--=====
Save the script as a Script: from_TextEdit_to_Numbers.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Copy from TextEdit mail addresses + owner names stored as :
<[email protected]> John Doe, <[email protected]> Ann Blink, …
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose “from_TextEdit_to_Numbers”
The script split the clipboard's contents in rows of two values.
It save them in a text file which Numbers open.
--=====
The Finder’s Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the “Show Script Menu in menu bar” checkbox.
Under 10.6.x,
go to the General panel of AppleScript Editor’s Preferences dialog box
and check the “Show Script menu in menu bar” option.
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/09/09
--=====
on run
          local en_texte, p2temp, txt_name, txt_path
          set en_texte to my remplace(the clipboard as text, ", <", return)
          set en_texte to my remplace(en_texte, "> ", tab)
          repeat
                    if character -1 of en_texte is in {space, return, linefeed, ","} then
                              set en_texte to text 1 thru -2 of en_texte
                    else
                              exit repeat
                    end if
          end repeat
          set p2temp to (path to temporary items from local domain)
          set txt_name to do shell script "date +_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.txt"
          set txt_path to (p2temp as text) & txt_name
          tell application "System Events" to make new file at end of p2temp with properties {name:txt_name}
          set txt_path to txt_path as alias
  write en_texte to txt_path
          tell application "Numbers" to open txt_path
end run
--=====
replaces every occurences of d1 by d2 in the text t
on remplace(t, d1, d2)
          local oTIDs, l
          set oTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d1
          set l to text items of t
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d2
          set t to l as text
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTIDs
          return t
end remplace
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 9 septembre 2011 14:26:56
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.0
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