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Thanks! Do you know if anyone has worked on porting this to a PHP scenario, or is that my job? joy Ken Doran, Michael D wrote: >>I've not tried it, but there is sortLC >>http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/sortlc/ >> >> > >Using your sample as input, sortLC outputs this result: > >LB1027 .P383 1999 >LB1027.23 .B45 1997 >LB1027.23 .S556 1996 >LB1027.25 E45 2001 >LB1027.3 .E44 2001 >LB1027.3 .E45 1997 >LB1027.3 .S33 1999 >LB1027.44 .M67 1994 >LB1027.9 .L43 2004 >LB1027.9 .S26 2000 >LB1028 .A7 1990 >LB1028.24 .B75 1999 >LB1028.24 .P65 1999 > > > >>It is in beta. >> >> > >I think any LC sort routine will break done eventually, especially given >the creativity and/or local practice occasionally used in the >creation/assignment of LC call numbers. But sortLC should take you >further along the path than your current sort routine. Note that the >routine should kick out (to STDERR) any call numbers that it can't >parse. Also be aware that it will dedupe identical call numbers. > >There was also a minor change made to the call number regexp to more >accurately handle certain "bad" call numbers, so please let me know if >there are any unintended (bad) consequences. The changed version is >1.2b. > >-- Michael > ># Michael Doran, Systems Librarian ># University of Texas at Arlington ># 817-272-5326 office ># 817-688-1926 cell ># [log in to unmask] ># http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>Behalf Of Bigwood, David >>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:14 PM >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LC sort problems (php) >> >>Ken, >> >>I've not tried it, but there is sortLC >>http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/sortlc/ It is in beta. >> >>David Bigwood >>[log in to unmask] >>Lunar & Planetary Institute >>http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>Behalf Of >>Ken Irwin >>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:55 PM >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: [CODE4LIB] LC sort problems (php) >> >>Hi folks, >> >>I've been using a Library-of-Congress sort routine for a few >>years, and >>until now I have never used it on sufficiently large set of data to >>notice that it doesn't really work. It does a great job of >>sorting by LC >>class letters, but after that it gets a bit sketchy. Can >>someone help me >>here? >> >>The sort uses the php "usort" command, with the sort routine >>defined in >>the SortCall function (at the bottom of the page) >>Here's the sort in action: >>http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/sort.php >>And here's the code: >>http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/sort.txt >> >>I'm finding that LC call numbers with decimals in the first >>number seem >>to be especially confusing, as in this supposedly sorted list: >> >>LB1027 .P383 1999 >>LB1027.9 .L43 2004 >>LB1028.24 .B75 1999 >>LB1027.3 .S33 1999 >>LB1027.9 .S26 2000 >>LB1028.24 .P65 1999 >>LB1027.3 .E44 2001 >>LB1028 .A7 1990 >>LB1027.25 E45 2001 >>LB1027.3 .E45 1997 >>LB1027.23 .B45 1997 >>LB1027.23 .S556 1996 >>LB1027.44 .M67 1994 >> >>Can anyone see why this isn't working? Alternately, does >>anyone have an >>LC sort routine that they are really happy with? This one doesn't even >>pretend to do a good job sorting on anything with more than one set of >>cutters, but now I find it's even lamer than I thought. >> >>Help! >> >>Thanks >>Ken >> >>-- >>Ken Irwin >>Reference Librarian >>Thomas Library, Wittenberg University >> >> >> -- Ken Irwin Reference Librarian Thomas Library, Wittenberg University