Re: [libreoffice-users] sort order

At 17:58 11/03/2017 +0000, Gary Collins wrote:
> I'd like to know if there is a character, preferably some sort of 
> discrete punctuation mark, that will come *after* z in the sort 
> order when using natural sort. My problem is that i have some codes 
> beginning Aa which really speaking should come after Z. As a number 
> of up to 3 digits follows the letter(s) in each case, im getting A# 
> followed by Aa# then B# which really wont do. I have to use natural 
> sort as i need eg A12 to come after A3. Ive tried a few punctuation 
> characters and some special characters but i cant find one that 
> works. Any light that can be shed on this would be very welcome 
> indeed. I really dont want to have to precede Aa with a z if that 
> can possibly be avoided.

These are not punctuation marks, but a bit of experimentation 
suggests that any Greek character, upper or lower case, will serve.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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