Hi! Richard,

On 03 Mar 09 18:30, you wrote to all:

 RW> Anybody know of any third party prg which will actually sort
 RW> intelligently?

 RW> WIth anything where I've had ability to intervene in the
 RW> process I've just padded places with zeroes, but it would
 RW> sure be nice not to need to.  Especially for the purposes
 RW> I'd really like to utilize a sort.  Ideas anyone?

Well, I've been racking my brain for about 7 minutes.  The best I can come
up with is similar to your idea: cheat, by adding a 100 value to
everything... do your sort, and subtract the 100 value(s) later.  =:)

Cheers,
Paul.

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