On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:18:41 -0500, Edward Gould <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>One of my users asked me this question and I am not quite clear on how to 
>respond.
>Given an email address [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (example)
>
>He just wants to sort on the field before the @ and then for a secondary sort 
>the bbb field. Both fields are variable in length (not sure what the max is).
>Any suggestions on how to do this? I have tried RTFM but maybe I am not 
>looking at the question correctly .
>
>Ed

I recall prior threads on parsing IP-address strings, which would be similar in 
context - recommend searching the archives for such reference.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc. 
http://sbbworks.com/

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