Any ideas on how to accomplish this? ""Matt Palermo"" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C2.D0.06819.98A75D34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I'm try to sort a list of items using a usort function. Basically, I want > it to sort in this order: > > Numbers (0-9) > Letters (Aa-Zz) > Other (anything else) > > To explain a little further, I want anything that starts with a number to > show up first in the sorted list, then anything that starts with a letter, > and finally anything that starts with some other character. My usort > function I'm using now gives me results close to this, but it sorts it as > follows (which is wrong for what I need): > > Numbers (0-9) > Other (anything else) > Letters (Aa-Zz) > > They are all sorted properly alphabetically, but not in the group order > that I need them in. Here is the usort function I'm using right now: > > > function myUsort($x, $y) > { > if(strtolower($x) == strtolower($y)) return 0; > if(strtolower($x) < strtolower($y)) return -1; > return 1; > } > > As I stated above, this provides me with the proper alphabetical results, > but I need it tweaked. Basically this function will give a sorted list > like this: > > 007 > 90210 > __underscore > abra-cadabra > Zebra > > But I need the function to provide a sorted list like this: > > 007 > 90210 > abra-cadabra > Zebra > __underscore > > > Anyone know what I need to do to get these results? Please let me know. > > Thanks, > > Matt Palermo > http://sweetphp.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
