[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: "sort -nu" treatment of "0" & empty lines
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: "sort -nu" treatment of "0" & empty lines |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:23:18 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> A string of zero digits is interpreted as `0'.
> Paul Jarc wrote:
> > That sounds to me like it's talking about "000000". Maybe "A string
> > of no digits"? Or "A line that ends or has has nondigit characters
> > where the number would be"?
>
> Good point.
> Thanks.
>
> by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. A string of
> no digits is interpreted as @samp{0}. The @env{LC_NUMERIC}
That almost sounds like a double negative, and confuses me.
The following reads better to me.
A string without digits is interpreted as @samp{0}.
Bob