# Creating an alphabetical index

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-alphabetical-index/116298>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 4, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-alphabetical-index/116298 "2007-10-04T10:27:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![iva10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@iva10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iva10)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-alphabetical-index/116298/1 "2007-10-04T10:27:50Z")

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I would like to be able to create an alphabetical index that accesses  
words in the database and displays them for the user.  
Can anyone please tell me how to go about it?