This isn't going to sort the way you'd like. The program is designed to do
alpha numeric sorting which is different from strict numeric sorting. It's
the same problem you run into sorting call numbers.
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Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] custom sort feature
Hi everyone,
I've used PyMARC/Python to add a series of 863 and 949 fields to my bib
records, and they initially show up in ME interfiled, like this:
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=863 \\$81.1$a1$p31142040593785
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593785$e1$dBox 1
=863 \\$81.2$a2$p31142040593793
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593793$e2$dBox 2
=863 \\$81.3$a3$p31142040593801
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593801$e3$dBox 3
=863 \\$81.4$a4$p31142040593819
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593819$e4$dBox 4
=863 \\$81.5$a5$p31142040593827
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593827$e5$dBox 5
=863 \\$81.6$a6$p31142040593835
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593835$e6$dBox 6
=863 \\$81.7$a7$p31142040593843
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142040593843$e7$dBox 7
=863 \\$81.13$a13$p31142042256357
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142042256357$e13$dBox 13
=863 \\$81.14$a14$p31142042256365
=949 0\$aNNU$bBOBST$cARCH$mISSMX$i04$t4$jMC 141$p31142042256365$e14$dBox 14
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If I "Sort all fields", then the 863 fields re-sort but with the $8
numbering out of order (i.e., 1.1, 1.13, 1.14, 1.2, 1.3...), instead of just
moving all the 863s together.
So I tried the Custom Sort feature, specifying to exclude only the 863s from
sorting, but when I click "OK" nothing happens to either the 863s or the
949s (i.e., they remain interfiled) - though my 520 fields did move from
after 7XXs to the 5XX area, so I know *some* sorting is happening.
Does anyone use the Custom Sort feature, and if so, could you shed light on
why the 949s don't get moved to appear after all the 863s?
thanks in advance!
heidi
Heidi Frank
Electronic Resources & Special Formats Cataloger New York University
Libraries Knowledge Access & Resources Management Services
20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-998-2499 (office)
212-995-4366 (fax)
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