sort ignoring the, a, ...

Started by CSNover 22 years ago2 messagesgeneral

cool_screen_name90001@yahoo.com

over 22 years ago

Is there a way to sort results as follows?

Acme
The Acme Company
Beer
A Boat Company
Boats
Cars
...

i.e., ignoring leading the's, a's, etc.?

TIA,
CSN

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peter_e@gmx.net

over 22 years ago

In reply to: CSN (#1)

Re: sort ignoring the, a, ...

CSN writes:

Is there a way to sort results as follows?

i.e., ignoring leading the's, a's, etc.?

Not built in. You'll need to use some kind of pattern matching to strip
off the leading articles.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net