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[–] towerful@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Use stringly-typed everything, and always padStart your numbers.
Saves running into issues with numbers outside the 52-bit integer range.
And padding start means you don't have to worry about pesky sort functions.

Just don't do maths. Simple.

Maybe you could do a manual sort.
Provide a "captcha" prompt, and ask which comes first in the list... You know, to make sure the user is a human! And you get free sorting.

[–] dave@feddit.uk 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Use stringly-typed everything

Instructions unclear. Now 1+2=12.

[–] LordTrychon@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

I got 000001000002.

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