Re: Sorting Number with commas
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39667
interpreted = N
texte = Joseph Sullivan wrote: > > I must be doing something wrong here. > > How do i get number with commas in them to sort right? > > When I have numbers with commas in them, they sort funny. > > Any thing I am missing?Numbers don't have commas. If you want to sort them numerically, you must strip out the commas. Otherwise they are strings and will sort alphanumerically: 1,000,000 2,000 2,999,999John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Joseph Sullivan wrote: > > I must be doing something wrong here. > > How do i get number with commas in them to sort right? > > When I have numbers with commas in them, they sort funny. > > Any thing I am missing?Numbers don't have commas. If you want to sort them numerically, you must strip out the commas. Otherwise they are strings and will sort alphanumerically: 1,000,000 2,000 2,999,999John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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