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Article #176Re: Sorting by Line
From: Nick FitzGerald, CSC, Uni. of Ca...
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 20:42
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 20:42
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In article <WP50-L%92011611053109@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>, MULLISH@NYUACF.BITNET writes: > A few days ago I asked the question why a regular document in which the body > is composed of lines terminated by SRt's does not sort correctly. I received > only one response to my enquiry from John Stratton of the University of Utah. I missed the beginning of this so please excuse me if this has already been mentioned. >[discussion of SRt's and HRt's as valid line-endings for sorts deleted] You also have to be careful with codes at the beginnings of lines. I've seen some horribly screwed-up Biliographies following ineptly invoked sorts on lists which didn't have consistent formatting prior to the text of an entry. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Nick FitzGerald, PC Applications Consultant, CSC, Uni of Canterbury, N.Z. Internet: n.fitzgerald@csc.canterbury.ac.nz Phone: (64)(3) 642-337
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100789,f31e5112e73f372f X-Google-Attributes: gid100789,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-16 15:47:43 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!cctr132 Newsgroups: bit.listserv.wp50-l Subject: Re: Sorting by Line Message-ID: <1992Jan17.094245.3478@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> From: cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Nick FitzGerald, CSC, Uni. of Canterbury, NZ) Date: 17 Jan 92 09:42:45 +1300 References: <WP50-L%92011611053109@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Lines: 20