Windows 10: String ordering difference between Windows 10 and version 1803

Hi all,


We've noticed some differences in string orderings between windows 10 enterprise version 10.0.16299 and version 1803, specifically affecting accented characters. Both OS versions had the same system and input locale (en-gb) and time zone (UTC+00:00). Has anyone else encountered this and know whether this is intended or not?


Repro steps:
* In powershell, create a text file including some accented characters - we used the upper and lowercase a-grave characters:
> "a" > .\characterFile.txt
> "A" >> .\characterFile.txt
> "a'" >> .\characterFile.txt
> "A'" >> .\characterFile.txt
> "a-" >> .\characterFile.txt
> "ab" >> .\characterFile.txt
> "a-b" >> .\characterFile.txt
> [char]0x00C0 >> .\characterFile.txt
> [char]0x00E0 >> .\characterFile.txt
* Still in powershell, run "Get-Content .\characterFile.txt | Sort-Object". We saw differing string ordering depending on the OS as follows:

In Windows 10 Enterprise:
A
a
À
à
a'
A'
a-
ab
a-b

In Windows 1803 version:
A
a
A'
a'
a-
À
à
ab
a-b

Specifically, the differences are in the orders of a' and A', as well as the location of the accented characters.


Is anyone else seeing this behaviour or know whether this is intended? Any information is appreciated!


Thanks,

Asha

:)

 

ordering strings alphanumerically

Hi all

I have a question for you all.

Im trying to order a set of input data. Its a list of strings some containing just number, some just letters and some a mixture. Im coding in c# using i believe asp.net. Its a .net technology. Sorry for the vagueness there but i have only been using it for half a week and my dam windows has died and im writing this from a Ubuntu live cd (gotta love linux).

Any who ive currently managed to split the input list into three seperate list using some regex and converted the numbers into int using int.Parse(). Then ordered the numbers using .order() so that side of things is grand. I now have a list of strings containing just numbers which i order again using .order() and it orders them alphabetically, then using .addrange() i can combine the two together listing all the numbers then all the letters alphabetically at the end. However ive come a bit unstuck with the strings that contain letters and numbers.

for example i have

2test
3test
11test
4ab
1ab
32ab

which i then need listed as

1ab
4ab
32ab
2test
3test
11test

the issue is the number could be on the end or at the front. I want them to be ordered primarely alphabetically then if theres many words starting with T for example they are block together and run numercially.

So when its all finished i end up with a list like this

1
2
5
8
22
32
a
abc
bhg
2bh
bh4
bh5
h
j
3j
j5


Hope all this makes sense im in the process of fixing windows 8 AGAIN so should be able to provide more info if needed. Hope you all can shed some light onto this. Im stuck on ordering the string containing both letters and numbers

 

ordering strings alphanumerically

You don't loop it, it does via .Sort(IComparer). In my example, it would like like...
Code: List<string> list = new List<string>(); list.Add("2"); list.Add("1"); list.Add("0"); //sort it OffsetLengthPairComparer comparer = new OffsetLengthPairComparer(); list.Sort(comparer);[/quote] Obviously my comparer doesn't work for strings because it is for a custom type but, you get the idea.

 

windows 10 version 1803 welcome screen?

Hello Jim,

The Windows Welcome experience will only be shown after installation of updates and occasionally when you sign in to highlight what's new and suggested by design. For more information about the new features and content of Windows 10 1803, please refer to
these support articles. It also includes a video that summarizes the new content in this release:

• What's new in Windows 10, version 1803 IT Pro content
• What's new in Windows 10, version 1803

Also, make sure that the Windows welcome experience is enabled on your PC. Follow the steps below:

• Open Settings > System > Notifications & actions.
• Under Notifications, toggle the switch On "Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally when I sign in to highlight what's new and suggested".

Hope this information helps, feel free to post back if you need further assistance.