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ID	70🔗
Date:	2014-10-10 15:56:40
Status	Closed (Fixed)
Category	datatool
Version	2.20
Summary	Error or misunderstanding in datatool documentation

Description

Hello Nicola,

It seems to me, that the usermanual of datatool has an bug. Because there is no difference between table 5.23 to table 5.24.

I am reading your documentation very intensive, because i want to sort a column with entry 20.04.2013 but in order of year, month and day.

I am very sure, that my bug report won't solve my issue, but I want to tell you, that I have determined this (maybe) bug.

Best regards

Peter Ebelsberger

MWE

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{datatool}

\begin{filecontents*}{test.csv}
FirstName,Surname,Score
John,"Smith, Jr",68
Jane,Brown,75
Andy,Brown,42
Z\"oe,Adams,52
Roger,Brady,58
Clare,Verdon,45
Henk,van der Mere,71
Jos,de la Mere,58
Mary,Dane,65
Paul,Dobson,62
\end{filecontents*}

\DTLloaddb{scores}{test.csv}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Student scores (case sensitive sort)}
\centering
\DTLsort{Surname,FirstName}{scores}%
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\bfseries Surname &
\bfseries First Name &
\bfseries Score (\%)%
\DTLforeach{scores}%
 {\firstname=FirstName,\surname=Surname,\score=Score}%
 {\\\surname & \firstname & \score}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Student scores (case ignored when sorting)}
\centering
\DTLsort*{Surname,FirstName}{scores}%
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\bfseries Surname &
\bfseries First Name &
\bfseries Score (\%)\relax
\DTLforeach{scores}%
 {\firstname=FirstName,\surname=Surname,\score=Score}%
 {\\\surname & \firstname & \score}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Evaluation

Fixed in v2.23.

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