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Re: Sorting by Line

#151
From: John Stratton
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1992 20:21
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>   Here is a question for the sort experts. If I have a regular
>   document in WP 5.1, all the lines which word wrapped will terminate
>   with a SRt. If I try to do a line sort on the document, using the
>   default of the first word of the line as the key, the sort fails.
>   If, however, I convert all the SRt's to HRt's by Ctrl-F5, DOS Text,
>   Save, bingo, F7,n,n, Sh-F10, bingo, and do the sort with Ctrl-F9,
>   Sort, Perform Action, I get a perfect sort.

>   Can anyone explain why?

When you save a DOS text file all SRt's are converted to HRt's and are
preserved when you retrieve the DOS text file.  When you sort, a line is
defined as being terminated with a HRt.  When you try to sort lines
terminated with a SRt they do not meet the requirements for a line & the sort
fails.

John Stratton - Network Coordinator
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University of Utah
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