[OCLUG-devel] Lexicographically Sorted

[Chris Berry]

That's interesting, and kind of scary, seems like every time I learn 
something new about computers it just reveals a whole new layer of 
ignorance on my part.  Unfortuneately, the man pages you pointed to 
don't define lexicographic ordering.  I'm not looking for a strcmp 
replacement, I'm doing an excercise as part of my C programming 
training.  I don't want someone to do the work for me, I just need to 
know what lexicographical order is so I can figure out how to write the 
algorithm.

Chris Berry
chris_berry at jm-associates.com
Information Advisory Manager
JM Associates

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not 
be done at all." --Peter Drucker


Christopher Smith wrote:
> Christopher Smith wrote:
> 
>> Chris Berry wrote:
>>
>>> No problem, except I haven't been able to figure out what 
>>> lexicographic ordering is.  I know how to sort alphabetically and 
>>> ASCIIbetically, but lexicographically is a new one.  When I looked on 
>>> google, it seemed like everyone thought it was so obvious it didn't 
>>> need to be explained.  Can someone clue me in here?
>>
>>
>> man strcoll
>> man wcscoll (wide character version)
> 
> 
> For more details on the joys of POSIX locale's, I highly recommend The 
> Open Group's web site:
> 
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xbd/locale.html
> 
> --Chris