sorting items in a table problematic because of scientific notation

[Davis, Amelie Y]

Thank you  _ that solved it. 

 
Amélie
 
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From: python-list-bounces+aydavis=purdue.edu at python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+aydavis=purdue.edu at python.org] On Behalf Of Raymond Hettinger
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:31 AM
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Subject: Re: sorting items in a table problematic because of scientific notation

[John Machin]
> > 'NEAR_DIST'], [('N', 9, 0), ('N', 9, 0), ('F', 19, 11)], [53, 55, '
>
> The data type code for the offending column is "F" which is not in the
> bog-standard dBase III set of C, N, D, and L. The code that you have used merely
> returns unchanged the character string that finds in the data base.
>
>
>
> > 1.05646365517e+005'], [53, 6, ' 9.32599134016e+004'], [53, 0, '
> > 8.97477154418e+004'], [53, 2, ' 8.96449127749e+004'], [53, 1, '
> > 7.88170078501e+004'], [53, 5, ' 8.29281503631e+004'], [53, 4, '

FWIW, I just updated the recipe to handle an F typecode
by casting it to a float.  Hope this helps.


Raymond
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