Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

""Matt Palermo"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> I'm try to sort a list of items using a usort function.  Basically, I want 
> it to sort in this order:
>
> Numbers (0-9)
> Letters (Aa-Zz)
> Other (anything else)
>
> To explain a little further, I want anything that starts with a number to 
> show up first in the sorted list, then anything that starts with a letter, 
> and finally anything that starts with some other character.  My usort 
> function I'm using now gives me results close to this, but it sorts it as 
> follows (which is wrong for what I need):
>
> Numbers (0-9)
> Other (anything else)
> Letters (Aa-Zz)
>
> They are all sorted properly alphabetically, but not in the group order 
> that I need them in.  Here is the usort function I'm using right now:
>
>
> function myUsort($x, $y)
> {
>  if(strtolower($x) == strtolower($y)) return 0;
>  if(strtolower($x) < strtolower($y)) return -1;
>  return 1;
> }
>
> As I stated above, this provides me with the proper alphabetical results, 
> but I need it tweaked.  Basically this function will give a sorted list 
> like this:
>
> 007
> 90210
> __underscore
> abra-cadabra
> Zebra
>
> But I need the function to provide a sorted list like this:
>
> 007
> 90210
> abra-cadabra
> Zebra
> __underscore
>
>
> Anyone know what I need to do to get these results?  Please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Palermo
> http://sweetphp.com 

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