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Natural sort order

In computing, natural sort order (or natural sorting) is a way of ordering strings that treats embedded numbers as whole numerical values rather than sequences of characters.

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History and implementations

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History and implementations

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Natural sort order

Nodes11
Edges10
Triples14
Avg. degree1.82
Density0.181818
Components1

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Natural sort order

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related to history · 13
Natural sort order → Alphanum Algorithm, Best Hack, Dave Koelle, During, Functionality, MacHack, Macintosh, Martin Pool, Natural Order Mac OS, Natural Order String Comparison, Subsequently, System Extension, The

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natural sort order sorting standard numbers strings version algorithms implementations ordering 10 lexicographical often lists compared character chunks many whole

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows Explorerinstance ofsuch as NaturalSort.Extension.File managers0.80text
Natural sort orderrelated to historyFunctionality0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyThe0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyMacintosh0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyDuring0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyMacHack0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyNatural Order Mac OS0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historySystem Extension0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyBest Hack0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historySubsequently0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyDave Koelle0.60section
Natural sort orderrelated to historyAlphanum Algorithm0.60section

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