Re: Sorting Algorythms

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In article <m2bodpsr42.fsf@unknown-b8-f6-b1-15-88-0d.lan>, Raymond Wiker
<rwiker@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm... I was going to ignore this post, as discussions about sorting
> algorithms in general is not what I read csa for, but...
> 
> ... "most sorts will not sort numbers properly"?
> 
> That's about the weirdest thing I've ever heard said about sorting
> algorithms.
> 
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I don't know about "most", but many sorting systems, including the Mac OS 
Finder windows, don't sort numbers numerically because they use texting
ordering where "2" comes after "10" due to "2" being after "1". To get
around it you need to use "02" instead, or in the case of older Mac OS
versions there was an extension you could download to correct the sorting
order for numbers.