OpenEuphoria

Re: Nat_sort problems

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Aug 11, 2003
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Tony Steward" <tsteward at dodo.com.au>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Nat_sort problems


>=20
>=20
> Hello all,
> When I use nat_sort on the following sequence My program crashes with=20
> this error
>=20
> C:\EUPHORIA\ExInclude\\\\nat_sort.e:171 in function nat_compare()=20
> type_check failure, x2num is 1234567890=20
>=20
>=20
> I use nat_sort like this: order =3D nat_sort(order)
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> Below is the actual data order contains.
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> order =3D {
>               {49'1',48'0',52'4',47'/',82'R',73'I',78'N',71'G'},
>              =20
> =
{49'1',50'2',51'3',52'4',53'5',54'6',55'7',56'8',57'9',48'0',49'1',50'2',=
51'3',52'4',53'5'},

Tony,
the problem is that the nat_sort routine defines x2num as an integer and =
integers can only hold numbers up to 1073741824, but the second element =
in your sample is 123456789012345, which is too big. Try changing the =
nat_sort routine so that the x1num and x2num are atoms instead of =
integers.

--=20
Derek