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Battle Tab "Sort By Rank" Sorts As Text Instead Of Number
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Author:  Raigonne [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Battle Tab "Sort By Rank" Sorts As Text Instead Of Number
When you sort by rank on the Battle tab, the rank is treated as text instead of as a number. This is not an issue when everyone's rank is the same number of digits (e.g., 3-digits, 4-digits). But it is an issue when you get a mix of ranks having a different number of digits in them (e.g., 3-digit and 4-digit). When you sort from low to high, the 4-digit ranks are sorted and appear first and the 3-digit ranks are sorted and appear last. When you sort from high to low, you get the 3-digit ranks first and the 4-digit ranks last.

As an example, the sort would look something like this:
Low-to-high:
  1. 1003
  2. 1006
  3. 1026
  4. 1145
  5. 737
  6. 770
  7. 903
  8. 909
  9. 924
  10. 930

High-to-low:
  1. 930
  2. 924
  3. 909
  4. 903
  5. 770
  6. 737
  7. 1145
  8. 1026
  9. 1006
  10. 1003

This is not the behavior that one would expect for doing a number sort. It happens because when you sort as text, the first character is compared regardless of the number it represents (hundreds for 3-digit, thousands for 4-digit). Whereas when sorting as a number, the thousands are compared to thousands, hundreds to hundreds, and so on, giving you the order you'd expect.

While not a problem yet, the same will also occur once players exceed rank 10,000 and there is a mix of 4-digit and 5-digit ranks (I know, still a while off, but some are already half-way there).

When you sort by rank on the Legion tab, the rank is treated as a number and sorts correctly. The Battle tab should sort the rank as a number as well.
Author:  Darth Flagitious [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battle Tab "Sort By Rank" Sorts As Text Instead Of Number
Just kill everyone, and let God do the sorting.
Author:  Redneck_King_of_Funk [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battle Tab "Sort By Rank" Sorts As Text Instead Of Number
Darth Flagitious wrote:
Just kill everyone, and let God do the sorting.



+1
Author:  juiceman [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battle Tab "Sort By Rank" Sorts As Text Instead Of Number
i sort by halced and people i am killing
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