Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1988-04-08
1991-10-22
Williams, Jr., Archie E.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
36422281, 3642229, 3642264, 3642592, 364280, 3642821, 3649204, 3649472, 3649623, 3649635, 364947, 364976, 364419, G06F 708, G06F 1538, G06F 15401, G06F 704
Patent
active
050601466
ABSTRACT:
A sorting technique which relies on the operating system collating weights of characters to the extent that a collating weight difference exists in any of the pairs of corresponding characters of two different strings of characters being compared. While this comparision is being made, the first tie of collating weights for a pair of nonidentical corresponding characters triggers a comparison of the ASCII code values of the two corresponding characters which tied. Assuming that such a tie has occurred, and if, after reaching the end of this process no differences in the collating weights of corresponding characters are found, then if one string has a corresponding character with a lower ASCII value, that string is considered to precede the other string in the alphabetic sequence. This results in an automated alphabetizing procedure which is consistent regardless of the order in which the character strings are sorted, while retaining the flavor of the language conventions when possible, and while providing a solution not requiring substantial extra computing power.
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Chang Philip Y. T.
Cross Michael R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Lefeve Douglas H.
McBurney Mark E.
Mohamed Ayni
Williams Jr. Archie E.
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