sorting an id like a.12.34

2003-01-07 Thread Konrad Foerstner
Hi Folks! My problem: I have a file of ids like a.12.34 or z.9.234 and want to sort it into a new file. As the sort function sorts digit by digit I can't use it (not so easy). Additionally the data file is quite big (11M) so I don't know if it is okay to work with such big array. I hope someone c

Re: sorting an id like a.12.34

2003-01-06 Thread david
Konrad Foerstner wrote: > Hi Folks! > > My problem: I have a file of ids like a.12.34 or z.9.234 and want to sort > it into a new file. As the sort function sorts digit by digit I can't use > it (not so easy). Additionally the data file is quite big (11M) so I don't > know if it is okay to work w

RE: sorting an id like a.12.34

2003-01-06 Thread Dan Muey
23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sorting an id like a.12.34 Hi Folks! My problem: I have a file of ids like a.12.34 or z.9.234 and want to sort it into a new file. As the sort function sorts digit by digit I can't use it (not so easy). Additionally the data file is quite big (11M) so I

RE: sorting an id like a.12.34

2003-01-06 Thread Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO
rting an id like a.12.34 Hi Folks! My problem: I have a file of ids like a.12.34 or z.9.234 and want to sort it into a new file. As the sort function sorts digit by digit I can't use it (not so easy). Additionally the data file is quite big (11M) so I don't know if it is okay to work with

sorting an id like a.12.34

2003-01-06 Thread Konrad Foerstner
Hi Folks! My problem: I have a file of ids like a.12.34 or z.9.234 and want to sort it into a new file. As the sort function sorts digit by digit I can't use it (not so easy). Additionally the data file is quite big (11M) so I don't know if it is okay to work with such big array. I hope someone c