Nope. <cf_blush> It turns out to be caused by low blood sugar. </cf_blush>
(I figured it out while on the train home) There was a . (period) at the end of each line, stripped off at display time. The text " " evaluates less than ".", so all the ones that ended got bumped below the ones that didn't. Working just as expected, when not an idiot. Thanks for trying anyway. Jerry Johnson <<< [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/26 5:27p >>> Seems just plain wrong to me... a bug? At 02:15 PM 7/26/02, you wrote: >Well, it appears to be putting them in that order on purpose. My previous example was >the AFTER sort list. PRE sort was completely jumbled. > >I would have figured that it would sort like so (first and shortest): > >A >AB >AC >ACE >B > >But it is always doing > >AB >ACE >AC >A >B > >I was just wondering if there was a reason that I was completely missing. >Jerry Johnson > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/26/02 04:51PM >>> >oi Jerry!! > > >wouldn't it sort on the first letters then keep going down the list >till it finds one different then sorts on those? > > > >--------- >Critz > Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > <CFX_ChannelOP Network="Efnet" Channel="ColdFusion"> > >Friday, July 26, 2002, 4:11:28 PM, you wrote: > >JJ> I just noticed an odd feature of ListSort. > >JJ> When sorting a list of text, using the "Text" "asc" sort mode, longer objects >appear before shorter objects, if they are otherwise equal. > > >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Mild Brain Injury >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Negligence - Leg Injuries >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Negligence - No Cause Of Action >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Negligence - No Cause Of Action >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Negligence - PTSD >JJ> Motor Vehicles - Negligence > > >JJ> Is this the way you would expect it to behave? > >JJ> A little suprised, >JJ> Jerry Johnson > >JJ> > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
