Talk:Sort the letters of string in alphabetical order: Difference between revisions
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::::::::: Yeah, and my ''pedantic'' point is that if he ''had'' written an ''actual function'' that just simply used Ring's built-in Sort(), it would ''not'' actually disagree with the task description, and of course this is all a bit "Call me a taxi." "You are a taxi.", but no task entry, even if it is the first, can override the task description. ☺ --[[User:Petelomax|Pete Lomax]] ([[User talk:Petelomax|talk]])
:::::::::: Well, we can argue till the cows come home about what words mean or allow us to do and, if someone set their mind to it, they could probably drive a coach and horses through many of the task descriptions on RC. However, there is such a thing as the ''spirit'' of a task and, for a non-pedant such as me, that at least is clear and is not to use built-in sort functionality at all for this particular task. Simply hiding it behind the facade of your own function would go against that spirit. --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 08:50, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
:::: The task title and description are currently at odds with each other. The former says sort in alphabetical order and the latter in lexicographical order. Given that we have example strings containing both upper and lower case letters and non-letters, lexicographical order seems the most appropriate to me and I therefore agree with Paddy3118's suggested title change above. --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 15:48, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
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