Sort - Numbers Don't Sort In The Correct Orde

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:41 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Numbers do not sort in the correct order. The customer is trying to sort information that looks like the following: A-20 A-1 C-50 B-90 C-30 B-45 The numbers sort out of order when the customer tries using both hard hyphens and regular hyphens. Solutions: This feature is working as designed. The numbers are sorting out of order because an alphanumeric sort only will sort numbers of equal length in the correct order. If the customer uses a hard hyphen to separate the words, the same logic still applies to an alphanumeric sort of the second word. When using regular hyphens, Folio memo 20560C (in the WP51, WPWIN51, and WP50 infobases) applies. Hyphens are ignored as it says on page 570 of the WP 5.1 Reference manual.

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