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Systems and methods of converting user input into a standardized input are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving via a user input a string including a first set of characters and a second set of characters positioned on either side of a dividing symbol; converting the first set of characters into a first standardized input; converting the second set of characters into a second standardized input that establishes how to delineate the plurality of items of the data set into the number of groups based on the numerically sortable attribute of the data set; and displaying, on a graphic user interface, the number of groups as established by the first standardized input, each group populated by a subset of the set of the plurality of items of the data set as delineated by the second standardized input.