idea Change alpha-numeric sorting to match reality in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idi-p/938390 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>If I had numbers 1-10 in an attribute table and sorted by this field the number 10 would be placed between 1 and 2. Logically it should come after 9.&nbsp;<BR />If I had the lower-case letters a-z, and upper-case A-Z in another field and sorted by that, the letters we be ordered as A,B,C...Z,a,b,c...z. In the real world 'a' comes before 'Z' regardless of case.<BR /><BR />The same sorting is used in catalog, its ilogical there too.<BR /><BR />My idea is that the sorting algorithm is reengineered to be more logical. <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E0000000CvDC --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:54:23 GMT ChrisRichardson 2015-01-28T11:54:23Z Change alpha-numeric sorting to match reality https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idi-p/938390 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>If I had numbers 1-10 in an attribute table and sorted by this field the number 10 would be placed between 1 and 2. Logically it should come after 9.&nbsp;<BR />If I had the lower-case letters a-z, and upper-case A-Z in another field and sorted by that, the letters we be ordered as A,B,C...Z,a,b,c...z. In the real world 'a' comes before 'Z' regardless of case.<BR /><BR />The same sorting is used in catalog, its ilogical there too.<BR /><BR />My idea is that the sorting algorithm is reengineered to be more logical. <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E0000000CvDC --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:54:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idi-p/938390 ChrisRichardson 2015-01-28T11:54:23Z Re: Change alpha-numeric sorting to match reality - Status changed to: Already Offered https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idc-p/1225882#M21890 <P>This idea has been closed as a duplicate of the Data Management Idea linked below.&nbsp; Thanks for your contributions!</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idi-p/938481" target="_blank">https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idi-p/938481</A></P> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:21:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/change-alpha-numeric-sorting-to-match-reality/idc-p/1225882#M21890 SSWoodward 2022-10-26T20:21:01Z