Sort - Names Without Initials Sorting Incorre

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:28:20 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer wants to perform a line sort on a list of names. Some of the names have middle initials and some don't. The following is a sample of the names: John Brown John A. Brown John C. Brown The user has set the keys as Key1=field 1, line 1, word -1, Key2=field 1, line 1, word 1, and Key3=field 1, line 1, word 2. After the user sorts the names, they are listed as: John A. Brown John Brown John C. Brown The new listing doesn't seem right. Solutions: The program is working correctly. First, the user told WP to sort by the last name, the first name, and then word 2. Since John Brown didn't have a middle initial, word 2 was Brown. The result is that John Brown was placed between the two other names. To work around this situation, the customer could insert a character (such as an @ symbol) for names that don't have a middle initial. When the sort is completed, the user can then use Search and Replace to remove the unwanted character.

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