Selection Table sorts number alphabetically

[GoulartNogueira]

When I run the script, a pop-up appears so I can select an option. There I can see the number of rating and downloads.

Problem:

When I click on a column header to sort that list, numbers sorted alphabetically:

10
2
300
4
500
51
6
75
...

Expected:

Numbers sorted numerically:

2
4
6
10
51
75
300
500
...

What I've tried:

            subtitlesItems += '"' + item['SubDownloadsCnt'] + '" '

Removing " from entry:

            subtitlesItems += ' ' + item['SubDownloadsCnt'] + ' '

Code works normally, but still sorted like numbers are string.

I believe it's something about zenity. But I'm not sure.

[emericg]

Indeed this doesn't seem to work. I tried a couple of things, including integer number, or real number with dots or comma to try and force zenity to handle them as numbers. I also try similar things directly in bash. If there is a solution to this problem, it isn't documented either...

[JayKuswahey]

Might it be an option to pad the numbers, so you can leave the type alone?

002
004
006
010
051
075
300
500

Can't code myself out of a paper bag though... :(

[emericg]

Ok I wanted to try padding the numbers as a workaround, but it looks like the latest zenity version doesn't even bother sorting the texts anymore, so...

[emericg]

Well what do you know, text sorting is back on latest zenity releases :/

I'm committing the "padding hack" for the download counts, if someone wants to try it. It's not pretty, but it does work as intended. I don't know if I'll keep it in in the future. Also note that the subtitles scores, which are real numbers, are already sorted by zenity without issue.

[emericg]

Numerical sorting (through zero padded strings) has been included for a while without complaints, I'm closing this issue.