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OriginalToNatural ( value ; cont )

Converts values to "natural" values

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Ángel Martínez Fernández - Show more from this author Lesterius Barcelona https://www.lesterius.es/

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/* * Purpose: Convert values to narutal values * Autor: Angel Martinez Fernandez, Atatiki Group * Version: 1.0 * * Params: * -value: Original value * -cont: Recursive number, position to start * * Notes: Support lists, max zeros is 10 */ Substitute ( GetValue ( value ; cont ) ; GetAsNumber( GetValue ( value ; cont ) ) ; SerialIncrement ( "0000000000" ; GetAsNumber( GetValue ( value ; cont ) ) ) ) & If ( cont < ValueCount ( value ) ; "¶" & OriginalToNatural ( value ; cont + 1 ) ) Click to copy

Natural sort order is an ordering of strings in alphabetical order, except that multi-digit numbers are ordered as a single character. Natural sort order has been promoted as being more human-friendly ("natural") than the machine-oriented pure alphabetical order.

For example, in alphabetical sorting "z11" would be sorted before "z2" because "1" is sorted as smaller than "2", while in natural sorting "z2" is sorted before "z11" because "2" is sorted as smaller than "11".

That's why I called it "natural" values

 

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