Template talk:Lsc12

Adds thousands separators (commas), and leftpads with nbsp's for Javascript sorting. As a workaround to force proper sorting, numbers in the range 0 - 1000 have a "+" in front, for details see below.

Does not work for negative numbers: we get order 1, .. 9, -1, .., -9, 10, 11, 12, .., 99, -10, .., -99, 100, ..

+ 6

a     {{{1}}}

b     {{{1}}}

+ 6

results of lsc12	other
+6	6
+7	7
1,048,576	1048576
1,234	1234
+123	123
1,073,741,824	1073741824
65,536	65536
67,108,864	67108864
17,179,869,184	17179869184

results of lsc12	other
+6	6
+7	7
1,048,576	1048576
+-3	-3
1,234	1234
1,073,741,824	1073741824
	a1233
	a1234
	a1235

Reason for plus sign

Without the plus signs:

• If all numbers are >=1000 we always have alphabetic sorting, working fine.
• If all numbers are >=0 and <1000 we always have numeric sorting mode, working fine.
• If the numbers are >=0 and range from <1000 to >=1000 we have either numeric or alphabetic sorting mode:
  • if the first number is <1000 sorting is based on the parts of the numbers before the first comma
  • if the first number is >=1000 sorting works fine

The desired two sorting results are numerically ascending and descending; if the sorting cycle is of length 4, two of these are the desired results; if the sorting cycle is of length 2, then 0, 1, or 2 of these may be desired results

See also

• Help:Sorting.