Sorting method

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1984-03-12

1986-09-09

Eng, David Y.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

364200, G06F 708

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046112804

ABSTRACT:
A sorting method for ordering information records according to the contents of one or more sort fields of the records. A sort key is the form of a character string is generated for each record according to a disclosed algorithm and the ordering of the records is performed according to a simple character-by-character sorting of the sort keys. Each of the sort fields may be of variable length and any sort field of any record may contain any number, including zero, of individual sort strings, referred to herein as sort objects.

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