String comparison function

Paolo Amoroso

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Apr 20, 2023, 2:00:38 PM4/20/23

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What comparison function can I pass to SORT as its second argument to sort a list of strings in descending alphabetic order? I reviewed the strings chapter of IRM but was unable to find the equivalent for strings of, say, GREATERP.

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Nick Briggs

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Apr 20, 2023, 2:08:12 PM4/20/23

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ALPHORDER help you. Then reverse the list.

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Nick Briggs

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Apr 20, 2023, 3:00:13 PM4/20/23

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[so these are also in the replies for everyone to see]

Or…

(SORT MYLIST #’(LAMBDA (X Y) (ALPHORDER Y X)))

and note that from the DINFO documentation for SORT: if the SORT compare function is NIL it uses ALPHORDER by default and so will produce a list in normal alphabetic order.

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On Apr 20, 2023, at 11:00 AM, Paolo Amoroso <paolo....@gmail.com> wrote:

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