'Confused by sorting in Windows explorer and other tools
I have a file list. It is "sorted by name" in windows explorer as:
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..
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Where I would expect that it (the first part) would be sorted as:
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Can anyone explain what the idea behind this MS ordering is? I have read some articles about natural sorting. What is natural at the MS way of sorting? There is at least a difference with the way different tools (like Total Commander) does the sorting, leading to confusion and errors.
Solution 1:[1]
Basic sorting functions like strcmp just compares one character at the time. Explorer uses StrCmpLogicalW:
Digits in the strings are considered as numerical content rather than text. This test is not case-sensitive.
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| Solution 1 | Anders |