While I would expect the answer to my question to be true, one never knows what lurks in the heart of data files. Unihan.txt contains at least two properties for each of the four dictionaries used in the sorting algorithm. One property contains only characters that are actually in the dictionary while the other contains interpolations as well. Is it always the case that a character is in one of these dictionaries if and only if the two properties have the same value and always end in 0.
For example, if there is a value of kIRGKungXi of the form XXXX.YY0 there will always be the same value for the kKangXi for that character and vice versa. I'm trying to pare Unihan.txt down to a less unwieldy size for my own use by eliminating properties that are of no interest to me and would like to be certain that eliminating the four properties containing the actual values for those dictionaries can be done safely because the information can be reconstituted if necessary from the kIRG* properties since I'm not certain if those properties are of interest to me. Ernest Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED]
