From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-01-24T15:49:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Alphabetizing

On Jan 23, 2008 3:56 PM, Zenki Nine <amateurdesigner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks All for helping me out on this..
>
> Now..here's another issue..Say i want to display the retired players
> last name in alphabetical order with its contents. Noticed this time
> some has middle names, initials.
>
> How would I tackle this?
>
> Sorry, I've looked thru many books and have a difficult time solving
> this..
>
> retired_players = <<PLAYERS
> Mike Anthony Gallego, 1985-1997
> Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr., 1981-2001
> Tony K. Gwynn, 1982-2004
> Dennis Eckersley, 1975-1998
> PLAYERS
>
> Thanks,

If you cannot identify the last name by position -- I don't know --
then maybe you need to use a database.  I suppose you can grab the
first written word before a comma, but I'm not sure I'd trust that.

Todd