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Re: numeric sort gives incorrect result with comparing different formatt
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: numeric sort gives incorrect result with comparing different formatted floating point numbers |
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Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:54:04 +0100 |
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Simon Oosthoek <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden on 2004-03-01 11:29 AM Long Description
> When sorting the data below (which is already sorted by sort) using "sort
> -n" which should numerically sort on the first column (equiv to sort -n
> -k 1)
> gives inconsistent output w.r.t numbers with missing digits.
If you want to sort on the first colum, you should use -k1,1. Otherwise
the whole line is taking part in the sorting.
Andreas.
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