You can specify how you want the sort done, so you wouldn't necessarily need to pad the numbers:
% set my_list {"1 aa" "2 bb" "10 jj"}
"1 aa" "2 bb" "10 jj"
% lsort $my_list
{1 aa} {10 jj} {2 bb}
% lsort -dictionary $my_list
{1 aa} {2 bb} {10 jj}
Check the lsort man page (
Click here) for more details on the options.
As for how much of a performance hit you'll see with lsort, I'm not sure. If you'll have a lot of entries and high load, I'd suggest testing with 'timing' enabled to see. I'd be curious to see what you find.
Aaron
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