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| Date | Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:59:50 -0800 |
| From | Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> |
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| Subject | Re: case insensitive sort |
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Roedy Green wrote: > When someone asks for a case insensitive sort, they typically use code > like this in the Comparator > > return a.x.compareToIgnoreCase( b.x ); > > However than will not give you what you really want. You probably > want this if you want tidy-looking results. > > int diff = a.x.compareToIgnoreCase( b ); > if ( diff != 0 ) return diff; > return a.x.compareTo( b.x ); I think this needs more context. What is x? What are the types involved? Why do you expect a.x and be to be comparable? Patricia
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case insensitive sort Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-22 21:06 -0800
Re: case insensitive sort Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-22 21:59 -0800
Re: case insensitive sort v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-11-23 06:34 +0000
Re: case insensitive sort Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-23 02:49 -0800
Re: case insensitive sort Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-23 02:46 -0800
Re: case insensitive sort Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-23 05:23 -0800
Re: case insensitive sort v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-11-23 19:32 +0000
Re: case insensitive sort dibs <dibs@dobs.dabs> - 2011-11-23 15:11 -0500
Re: case insensitive sort v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-11-24 05:03 +0000
Re: case insensitive sort Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-25 21:26 -0500
Re: case insensitive sort Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-26 14:23 +0000
Re: case insensitive sort Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 21:56 -0500
Re: case insensitive sort Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-04 10:43 +0000
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