ASCIIbetically

English

Alternative forms

• asciibetically

Etymology

From ASCIIbetical +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Adverb

ASCIIbetically (not comparable)

1. (computing, informal) In an ASCIIbetical way.

   The elements of the array are ordered ASCIIbetically.

   • 1998, Joseph N. Hall, Randal L. Schwartz, Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs with Perl, Addison Wesley, →ISBN, page 44:

     Perl’s built-in sorting behavior is as though the elements were compared ASCIIbetically with the cmp operator: […]

   • 2003, Sean M[ichael] Burke, RTF Pocket Guide, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 96:

     Then, the Help Compiler ASCIIbetically sorts each group according to its number (which can actually be any alphanumeric string, but for sanity’s sake you should stick to 4-digit numbers, incremented by tens, like 0010, 0020, etc.).

   • 2016, Jules J. Berman, Data Simplification: Taming Information With Open Source Tools, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 57:

     If you need to sort text ASCIIbetically, then you should seriously consider running your files through a script that enforces pure printable-ASCII content.