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Sort() an array, ignoring punctuation/spaces and case insensitive?

Started by xwazawx, Jan 13 2009 09:01 PM

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#1 xwazawx

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:01 PM

Hello,
I have an array - I want to sort it with a function similar to sort() except I want it to be sorted by alphanumeric characters only.

So A. J. Williams would be after Abraham. And SGA would be after Safety..

Google's failed me on this one, and I'd rather not create a whole function for this o_O Any help would be much appreciated

Edited by xwazawx, 13 January 2009 - 09:02 PM.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 01:52 PM

The two options i know of off the top of my head:

natcasesort()
usort()

However, "A. J. Williams" should come before "Abraham" because of the space. At least in my view, that would be the case.
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