System and method for sorting data
CA 2390849 A1 · Owner: Flasza, Miroslaw A. · Inventors: Flasza, Miroslaw A.; Sharpe, David C.
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A method for comparing data, and in particular character data is disclosed. , Two, pieces of data are compared to determine if they are within an equivalence class based, on using a dictionary sort order table with a non-unique collating sequence. If so, the, pieces of data are compared using a dictionary sort order table with a unique collating, sequence. The comparison method may be implemented within a sorting module that, receives an input data set and then uses the comparison to compare two pieces of data, in the input data set at a time. The sorting module uses the result of the comparison, method to sort the input data set into equivalence classes. The results of a second, …
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- Filed June 18, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 18, 2022.
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