Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format

[gokhalen]

On Aug 14, 3:28 pm, weber <hug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 ago, 15:07, gokha...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > If I have a file with two fields:
>
> > BB     2
> > AA     1
> > CC    3
>
> > And I do Mx sort-columns on the last column I get
>
> > AA     1
> > BB     2
> > CC    3
>
> > Which is good.  Now, if I change the numbers to scientific format:
>
> > BB   8.0E-5
> > AA   1.0E-4
> > CC   7.0E-5
>
> > I get the following, with Mx sort-columns
>
> > AA   1.0E-4
> > CC   7.0E-5
> > BB   8.0E-5
>
> > Which is not what should happen. Emacs is ignoring the exponent. Is
> > there a way to turn scientific number more on? How do I get Mx Sort-
> > Columns in scientific format?
>
> > I am using the windows version of emacs.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> sort-numeric-fields command works here!
> Cheers,
> weber

Well,

sort-numeric-fields on the last column gives me

BB  AA   1.0E-4
CC   7.0E-5
 8.0E-5

Which is garbled.