> Jill Ramonsky wrote: > > example a file called "File99" will sort just before "File100". > > "File99A" will slot between them, but "File992" will go after > > them. It's all pretty much exactly what you'd expect. > > Really!? Would you not expect 99A to come (much) after 99?! > After all, 99A (in hexadecimal) is greater than 99 (hexadecimal). > > I'm sorry, I could not let this one go ;-).
Smiley noted, but just for the sake of clarity, you seem to be making exactly the same point as me, which of course I don't mind at all. I was attempting (and failing, obviously) to explain that "File99A" (where A is a letter) should sort into exactly the position that Windows XP put it (before File100). However, "File99A" (where A is a hex digit) should sort (much) after both "File99A" (where A is a letter) and "File100". The only way you can tell "File99(letter)A" apart from "File99(digit)A" is by giving the two As different codepoints.
Jill
