However, 10 comes before 2...
rampshot@usa.net wrote:
>
> I am trying to think of a collation scheme for the purpose of ordering a set
> of CDs. Let's say you have CD titles you want to order. They are in different
> languages, with a few accented letters, and even some non-Roman letters.
>
> 1) Romanise all non-roman names. For Japanese, I'd use "fu" and "chi" and
> "shi" and "tsu" and DEFINITELY indicate long vowels (so Tokyo would come out
> as "Toukyou").
> 2) My alphabetical order: (digits are treated as letters):
> [sp] [other punc.] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Á Ä À B C Ç D E É Ë È F G H Í Ï Ì J K
> L M N Ñ O Ó Ö Ò P Q R S T U Ú Ü Ù V W X Y ÿ(why couldn't I find this in
> uppercase?) Z
> The reason digits are treated as letters is so "97" will come before "98".
> I'm not sure how to treat names like "Ranma 1/2". Any ideas? Also, this system
> is very sensitive to things such as misspelling "DJ" as "D.J."
> Does anyone have any ideas for ordering punctuation?
> Of course, if it was just anime CDs the order would be 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a i
> u e o ka ki ku ke ko sa shi su, etc.
>
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