Re: M-x Sort-Columns in scientific format

[Mark Elston]

* gokhalen@gmail.com wrote (on 8/14/2007 1:05 PM):
> 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.

Try selecting the whole region and then C-u 2 M-x sort-numeric-fields

Mark