Apparatus, system, and method for sorting character representations of data
First Claim
1. An apparatus to sort character representations of data, the apparatus comprising:
- an identity module configured to identify character-encoded sort data values in a plurality of data lines of a data set, the sort data values comprising a character representation of data encoded according to a predefined character set;
a conversion module configured to convert the sort data values from the character representation to a predefined encoding scheme; and
a sort module configured to sort the data lines using the converted sort data.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for sorting character representations of data under the present invention, a character-encoded sort data value is identified in a data line of a data set. The sort data value is a character encoding of a predefined numbering system such as hexadecimal or binary encoding. The sort data value is then converted to a predefined encoding scheme and the data set is sorted based on the converted sort data value. A cycle number may be appended to the sort data value to maintain the order of the sort data values when the sort data values wrap. One embodiment identifies and removes delimiters such as titles from the data set and are inserted into the sorted data set.
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1. An apparatus to sort character representations of data, the apparatus comprising:
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an identity module configured to identify character-encoded sort data values in a plurality of data lines of a data set, the sort data values comprising a character representation of data encoded according to a predefined character set;
a conversion module configured to convert the sort data values from the character representation to a predefined encoding scheme; and
a sort module configured to sort the data lines using the converted sort data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system to sort character representations of data, the system comprising:
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a memory configured to store and retrieve data;
a processor having, an identity module configured to identify character-encoded sort data values in a plurality of data lines of a data set, the sort data values comprising a character representation of data encoded according to a predefined character set;
a conversion module configured to convert the sort data values from the character representation to a predefined encoding scheme and store the converted sort data as an identity data value;
a sort module configured to sort the data lines using the identity data value; and
an output device configured to render the sorted data set. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations to sort character representations of data, the operations comprising:
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identifying a character-encoded sort data value in a plurality of data lines of a data set, the sort data value comprising a character representation of data encoded according to a predefined character set;
converting the sort data value from the character representation to data encoded according to a predefined encoding scheme; and
sorting the data lines using the converted sort data value. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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