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Old 01-26-2010, 04:04 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by GRiker View Post
banjomike: Fix implemented. The new approach only converts numbers to text equivalent if the title starts with a number, e.g. '1776: The Beginning'. Any numbers in the title after the first word are treated as numbers and sorted in digit order.

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Yay. Mostly.

Try this,

Arthur C Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
2061: Odyssey Three (1987)
3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)

would be handled/converted to something like:

Two Thousand One
Two Thousand Ten
Two Thousand Sixty One
Three Thousand One

Which would give a sorted sequence of:
3001
2001
2010
2061

(three is less than two) unless I've got it wrong.

I do think an option to do straight alphanumeric sorts would be good.

I have to say that I would probably only ever use an alpha sort, I cannot think of a reason to do otherwise especially looking at my booklist. But I would test whatever you write.
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