Subject: bug#6972: bug in sorting floats

From: saddy <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:10 +0200

Seems to be fixed since version 8.5.

saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 7.4

Am 02.09.2010 11:25, schrieb saddy:
> Hi, I want to sort a file by the 6th column:
>
> test.txt
>
> AvrBs2<- Fer2 ->  XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03))
> AvrBs2<- UPF0302 ->  XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02))
> AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP ->  XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02))
> AvrBs2<- DUF3248 ->  XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd ->  XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03))
> AvrBs1<- 3H ->  XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25))
> AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap ->  XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03))
>
> There's no sort option to do that correctly:
>
> saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6g test.txt
> AvrBs1<- 3H ->  XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25))
> AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP ->  XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02))
> AvrBs2<- DUF3248 ->  XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- Fer2 ->  XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03))
> AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd ->  XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03))
> AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap ->  XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03))
> AvrBs2<- UPF0302 ->  XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03))
>
> saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6n test.txt
> AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd ->  XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03))
> AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap ->  XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03))
> AvrBs2<- UPF0302 ->  XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02))
> AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP ->  XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03))
> AvrBs1<- 3H ->  XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- DUF3248 ->  XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- Fer2 ->  XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03))
>
> saddy@lapsdy:~$ sort -k6 test.txt
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ2 0.019327731092437 ((1.6e+02)*(1.7e+03))
> XopX<- Zw10 ->  XopJ1 0.0218487394957983 ((1.6e+02)*(7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- DUF3248 ->  XopE1 0.0476190476190476 ((7.6e+02)*(5.7e+02))
> AvrBs2<- Fer2 ->  XopE1 0.0844155844155844 ((1.1e+03)*(1.1e+03))
> AvrBs1<- Calc_CGRP_IAPP ->  XopH 0.1 ((2.6e+02)*(4.2e+02))
> AvrBs1<- 3H ->  XopJ4 0.153061224489796 ((3.4e+02)*(25))
> AvrBs2<- MIG-14_Wnt-bd ->  XopE1 0 ((3.6e+03)*(3.6e+03))
> AvrBs2<- UPF0302 ->  XopE1 0 ((40)*(5.2e+02))
> AvrBs2<- Ubiq_cyt_C_chap ->  XopE1 0 ((7.6e+02)*(1.8e+03))
>
>
> Best regards
>