Interesting Roman Numeral sorting issue

Exmortis · October 3rd, 2016, 08:46 AM

I just put in a bug report about this.

I have attached a screenie, seems RW does not sort Roman Numerals properly.

I have been using them extensively, but this is the first time I have made it to IX (9).

Unless its me? Wouldn't be the first time.

Parody · 09:57 AM

Your Roman numerals are text, not numbers, so Realm Works is sorting them appropriately.

If you were using single letters as the prefixes and suddenly it went:

I
V
X
L
C
D
M
A
B
E
F
...
Z

It'd be pretty confusing. :(

Exmortis · October 3rd, 2016, 11:39 AM

Well DUH!

See it was me after all

Vargr · October 3rd, 2016, 11:57 AM

In order to ensure that Rob's list does not get shorter we could always request a "sort Roman numericals" option :-)

Acenoid · October 3rd, 2016, 12:52 PM

Or you just switch to 01 ... 99 for example.
Since it's the first time you'd hit the limit no retro-fitting is necessary?

AEIOU · October 3rd, 2016, 04:35 PM

@vargr: +1

Joe · October 4th, 2016, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acenoid

Or you just switch to 01 ... 99 for example.
Since it's the first time you'd hit the limit no retro-fitting is necessary?

I believe a while ago we switched to "natural sorting" for prefix numbers, which should correctly sort 1 before 10, 11, and so on, without needing to left pad with 0's.

Parody Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 1,516 October 3rd, 2016, 08:52 AM	Your Roman numerals are text, not numbers, so Realm Works is sorting them appropriately. If you were using single letters as the prefixes and suddenly it went: I V X L C D M A B E F ... Z It'd be pretty confusing. :( Michael Miller ESG Labs - Realm Works Locations App - Convention Events Last edited by Parody; October 3rd, 2016 at 09:57 AM.
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AEIOU Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,147 October 3rd, 2016, 04:35 PM	@vargr: +1
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