Re: sort without ignoring hyphens

"t" == tc314 <tc314@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

t> unsorted:
t> 22
t> 2-2
t> 2-3
t> 23
t> 21

t> linux sort produces:

with what options? i don't get that result

t> 21
t> 22
t> 2-2
t> 23
t> 2-3

i got this which makes more sense as - is earlier in ascii than the
digits. sort defaults to a text sort (same as perl).

2-2
2-3
21
22
23

t> desired sort:
t> 2-2
t> 2-3
t> 21
t> 22
t> 23
t> (in ASCII order: hyphen (ascii 45) then 0-9 (ascii 48-57) then A-Z
t> (ascii 65-90))

that is what linux/unix/gnu sort returns. and perl sort should return
the same thing if you keep it a text sort.

so show a runnable short example of your perl sort with input and output
that shows your results. what you claim above doesn't make sense.

uri

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