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Ordering an algebraic expression in Mathematica

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• Subject: [mg127543] Ordering an algebraic expression in Mathematica
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• Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 04:15:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi to all,

Would you please kindly let me know, how can one sort an algebraic expression in Mathematica?
for example
a, b, c, d are constants
x is the parameter for ordering

expression: 
(ax+b)(cx+d)+bdx+x^3*a+c(x^2+x^3)

I wanna get the following results:
bd +x(bd+ad+bc)+x^2(c)+x^3(a+c)

Thank you very much

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