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Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format
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gokhalen |
Subject: |
Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:05:51 -0000 |
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On Aug 14, 3:28 pm, weber <hug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 ago, 15:07, gokha...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > If I have a file with two fields:
>
> > BB 2
> > AA 1
> > CC 3
>
> > And I do Mx sort-columns on the last column I get
>
> > AA 1
> > BB 2
> > CC 3
>
> > Which is good. Now, if I change the numbers to scientific format:
>
> > BB 8.0E-5
> > AA 1.0E-4
> > CC 7.0E-5
>
> > I get the following, with Mx sort-columns
>
> > AA 1.0E-4
> > CC 7.0E-5
> > BB 8.0E-5
>
> > Which is not what should happen. Emacs is ignoring the exponent. Is
> > there a way to turn scientific number more on? How do I get Mx Sort-
> > Columns in scientific format?
>
> > I am using the windows version of emacs.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> sort-numeric-fields command works here!
> Cheers,
> weber
Well,
sort-numeric-fields on the last column gives me
BB AA 1.0E-4
CC 7.0E-5
8.0E-5
Which is garbled.
- M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, gokhalen, 2007/08/15
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, weber, 2007/08/14
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format,
gokhalen <=
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, weber, 2007/08/14
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, Mark Elston, 2007/08/14
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, gokhalen, 2007/08/15
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, weber, 2007/08/15
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, Kenneth Jacker, 2007/08/16
- Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format, Pascal Bourguignon, 2007/08/15