On Jul 20, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Roland King wrote: > I thought perhaps that comparing the two strings case insensitively, > returning that compare if they are not equal, but if they are equal, > comparing them case sensitively and returning the inverse of that (remember I > want a to beat A) would do what I want but I've failed to convince myself > that actually works.
This approach will not provide overall lower-before-capital sorting, so I expect it won't work. Consider the following: aClass AAClass Will sort, using the method you describe, to AAClass aClass Because A comes before C and they are unequal (so a is never compared to A). Using a custom selector/function is probably the only way to go, and I can't think of any built-in method that will give the collation results you are looking for. I don't think you can escape a character-by-character comparison. HTH, Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business" _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
