Re: sort file problem { xy-3.53 under WIN98.SE }

[Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from "Pierre d'Or jcvanhaeften@xxxxxxxx"
 Thu, 25 May 2006 11:59:09 +0200

One further thought: You probably don't want upper and lower case
alpha entries sorted separately. If not, use this sort file instead
of the one in my earlier post:

---
;SO;
Zz
Yy
Xx
Ww
Vv
Uu
Tt
Ss
Rr
Qq
Pp
Oo
Nn
Mm
Ll
Kk
Jj
Ii
Hh
Gg
Ff
Ee
Dd
Cc
Bb
Aa
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
---

Anyway, you get the idea. Create a sort file with entries in the
_reverse_ of the desired order, then set default SK=2 to perform a
_reverse_ sort. The reverse of the reverse equals the desired sort
order. For some reason, this circuitous method succeeds where the
more obvious approach -- manipulating the sort file directly --
fails (as you found). Evidently there is a bug that (in this
special case, at least) prevents the order established in the sort
file from being interpreted correctly.

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Carl Distefano
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