Re: Need help understanding sort tests

[Andy Jewell]

Yes, I know that the range endpoints are inclusive.

In the first example, the first field is empty, and so the inclusive  
character range 3-3 is also empty
In the second example, the first field is length one, and so the  
inclusive character range 4-4 is empty

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On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Andy Jewell <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Here are the commands, and the expected output. (The tests are 10f  
> > and
> > 10g).
> >
> >
> > sort -t : -k 1.3,1.3
> > :ba
> > :ab
> >
> >
> > sort -k 1.4,1.4
> > b ba
> > a ab
> >
> >
> > In both of these cases it seems that the explicit -k matches an empty
> > string,
>
> The ranges endpoints are inclusive.
>
> Andreas.
>
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