Canon Cat Reference Manual page 93

Setting up a SORT
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Numeric Sorting
Sequence
A
numeric
fieldis
onethatbegins with aplus orminus sign
or
a
digit
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field
is alphabetic. As
shown in the
chartbelow, all numeric fields
sort
ahead
of
all
alphabetic
fields.
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