[vsnet-chat 4393] Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 4387] Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?

> And, yes, you do need to sort variables "properly" from time to time... ...you
> get in the habit of knowing the order, and on using an index etc invariably
> tend to look for something like Per AX _after_ Per R, and not before as you
> would if being purely alphabetic (well I do anyway).

   Another solution is to introduce zero paddings for these alphabetical
names ;-)  000R Per, 00ZZ Per, 0AX Per and likewise.  Why not introduce
them when you seem be in favor of V0518 Per?

#   Well, this mechanism only works when character codes are in the order
# of 0....9, ..., A...Z.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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