There are some normalization transforms which allow you to ASCII sort call numbers. A quick search gives me: The Alma system (from Ex Libris) has a normalization algorithm for their analytics, described at https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Community_Knowledge/Understanding_Normalized_Call_Numbers_in_Analytics. A program lccnorm, https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Biblio-LCC/script/lccnorm. A ruby gem, lcsort: https://github.com/pulibrary/lcsort I also see modules for Perl, Python, and others. Steve McDonald [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kun Lin Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 7:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CODE4LIB] compare LC call number Is there any good existing scripts of comparing LC call numbers to determine which one should come first? Javascript or PHP. Thanks a lot ---- Kun Lin Systems and Application Librarian Whitman College PGP Public Key https://kj7ieg.com/dnwklin_public.txt