in reply to Re^7: How can I do a numeric sort on a substring? (context matters)
in thread How can I do a numeric sort on a substring?

Agreed. A general solution that is correct for many cases is unlikely to be faster than a specialist solution that works for only one input configuration, such as is being tested here.

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