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% Example 60 Sorting Lists with \DTLsortwordlist and UTF-8 and No Localisation Support
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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{datatool-base}
\newcommand{\mylist}{elk, Æthelstan, Arnulf, elf,résumé, Óslác, élan, Aeolus, resume, elephant, zygote, élite, Valkyrie, Zulu, elbow, Adelolf, rose} 
\begin{document}
\DTLsortwordlist{\mylist}{\DTLsortlettercasehandler}
Case-sensitive: \DTLformatlist{\mylist}. 

\DTLsortwordlist{\mylist}{\DTLsortletterhandler}
Case-insensitive: \DTLformatlist{\mylist}. 
\end{document}