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


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