Sort songs by length

Recently, the ability to sort songs in a playlist by length has been removed. I want it to be put back in because I found it very useful.

Updated: 2015-08-02Hello!
This option is still available. I'm taking it you're on the desktop app: just increase the window size of the Spotify application or maximize it. The sorting option should then pop up again. ;)

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    Like thousands of others, I got an error message MSVCR80, and had to delete all Apple programs from my desktop and re-load iTunes. Since updating, nothing iTunes related has operated properly on my iPad, or Desktop.
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  • Can you still sort songs by popularity, name, etc.

    Can you still sort songs by popularity, name, etc.? It does not appear as thought these options are still available.
    Message was edited by: DrDanCDman

    Hi Jim,
    I tried both things suggested and neither worked.  This just happened after updating. 
    Like thousands of others, I got an error message MSVCR80, and had to delete all Apple programs from my desktop and re-load iTunes. Since updating, nothing iTunes related has operated properly on my iPad, or Desktop.
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    Thanks for the suggestions.

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
    Alternatively, if your media was downloaded from the iTunes Store, you may be able to download it again free of charge:
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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              return count;
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    That's rather a lot of code - and much of it has nothing obvious to do with sorting strings by length. Also I can't see where you have implemented the Comparable interface.
    You are talking about java.lang.Comparable, right? In that case some class (Word?) has to be declared as "implements Comparable".
    Another way to do this is is to have an instance of Comparator that you use when you create an ordered collection like a TreeSet.
    Have you read the JavaWorld article: [http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2002/jw-1227-sort.html]. It is rather old now and doesn't make any use of generics. But it gives examples of a simple collection - a list - being sorted using Collections.sort(). Both the Comparable and Comparator approaches are illustrated

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