[OCLUG] Re: [OCLUG-devel] Lexicographically Sorted

[Chris Berry]

Ok, thanks alot, that makes of some the other stuff I read online about 
unicode and such as well.  Sorry about the cross-post, had a little 
address book snafu, but I've reconfigured and it shouldn't happen now.

Chris Berry
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JM Associates

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Chris Smith wrote:
> Hmm... somehow this ended up back on oclug, but I'll reply on oclug-devel.
> 
> On 5/26/05, Chris Berry <chris_berry-list-oclug at jm-associates.com> wrote:
> 
>>Ok, let me see if I've got this straight.  Lexicographic ordering is
>>locale dependant as it would vary with the alphabet and conventions of
>>the language.  In the specific case of US English Lexicographic ordering
>>is the same as ASCIIbetical ordering, in other locales it's not.
> 
> 
> Sounds like you got it about right. The specific aspect of the locale
> that defines how things are ordered is called the "lexicon". Some
> would argue that the US English lexicon would actually sort things
> differently from the ASCIIbetical order, with things like case
> insensitivity and some of the non-alphanumeric characters, but those
> people tend to get ignored more than anything. ;-)
>