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Re: Alphanumeric
Probably from the early days of computer based sorting. On the computer side of things, the ASCII representation of alphanumeric characters lists the numerals 0 through 9 before the alphabet. So in a strict numeric sense (from a computer's point of view) a program will sort numbers first.
If EBCDIC had won out over ASCII it'd be the other way around.
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Last edited by Mark McLeod : 06-11-2007 at 13:05.
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