Yes, '1A' will always be "less than" '20' when compared as
strings. String sorting is based on the numeric value (usually ASCII) of
each successive character. Thus '10000000' will be "less than" '2'.
No. xpath 1 never does lexicograophic sorting with < the arguments are
converted to numbers and compared numerically. '10000000' is greater
than '2'.
David
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