There is a *nix command, "sort" in which one can specify to sort numerically, and provide the columns...
I was puzzled when I first encountered GnuCash because I thought 5.10 was much earlier version than 5.9 (5.90). One "solution" would be to use leading zeroes... 5.01, 5.02, 5.03 instead of 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Or, use alphabetic codes after the major version -- 5A, 5B, 5C, etc. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:56 AM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Description of solution: > > You have strings with format Vm.n.o where m,n, and o are alphameric > expressions of a number. > > Convert these strings to format Vx.y.z where x, y, and z are numeric > expressions numbers (one byte length will be plenty if binary, two if > BCD)) > > In other words, you need a function that returns the numeric value of a > number expressed a a string of alphameric digits. Didn't have to be > binary, binary coded decimal also would work. > > Whenever you can, break a problem into small easily tested steps. Here, > the "guts" is to come up with a function that applied to a string which > is the alphameric representation of a number returns a string that is a > NUMERIC representation of that number. > > 'nix users -- It's been too many years since I've looked at "the > library of standard utilities" so for all I know, the function is > already there. But in the spirit of the original Ritchie book (where > exercises were writing your own version of utilities), if not, write > such a function as an exercise. > > Michael > > PS: Hint needed? Again just logic/pseudocode ---- Set num to 0; Do > until end of string; nun = 10*num + num value of first char, string = > rest of string > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
