1.6. Sorting Based on Locale

The Interchange [sort database:field] keys will use the LC_COLLATE setting for a locale provided that:

• The operating system and C compiler support locales for POSIX, and have the locale definitions set.
• The locale setting matches any configured locales.

If this arbitrary database named letters:

   code        letter
   00-0011     f
   99-102      é
   19-202      a

and this loop:

   [loop 19-202 00-0011 99-102]
   [sort letters:letter]
   [loop-data letters letter]   [loop-code]
   [/loop]

used the default C setting for LC_COLLATE, the following would be displayed:

   a  19-202
   f  00-0011
   é  99-102

If the proper LC_COLLATE settings for locale fr_FR were in effect, then the above would become:

   a  19-202
   é  99-102
   f  00-0011