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Old 06-03-2017, 12:21 AM   #13
stuckinoh08
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Device: Kindle Paperwhite
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
This is on the device?
ASCII sort rules usually prevail The shorter string version ( without the .# )should be first

I know (the hard way ) the Kindle treats a - before a number as a minus, so you get a descending order -5, -4,-3,-2..
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This issue is on the device (Paperwhite). If I plug the same template into a custom column, the sorting is done correctly. In regards to your comment about '-' preceding a number, that makes sense. However the '-', in this case, comes after the number so it should have no such effect. Would you suggest swapping out for a ':' to be safe? For what it's worth, when I used #7's fix, I used ':' and ended up with the same issue.

I considered the possibility that the error arises from the fact that the whole number values aren't followed by '.0'. I can manually test this, but seems odd.

Thoughts?
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