On Mar 29, 4:19 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John W. Krahn) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I do string comparisons in perl the strings seem to ignore the > > embedded hyphens. > > I want to sort strings assuming the 'dictionary' order of the chars is > > ASCII order: hypen, 0-9, A-Z. > > It appears linux sort also has the problem (LC_ALL is blank). > > Any ideas? I want to avoid a brute force char by char sort if > > possible. > > Please provide an *example* of your data, what it would look like if > sorted "properly", and what it actually looks like after being sorted. > > John > -- > Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you > can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and > in short order. -- Larry Wall
unsorted: 22 2-2 2-3 23 21 linux sort produces: 21 22 2-2 23 2-3 desired sort: 2-2 2-3 21 22 23 (in ASCII order: hyphen (ascii 45) then 0-9 (ascii 48-57) then A-Z (ascii 65-90)) TIA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
