Basic error in numerical sorting of album names

[DavidL]

(12-01-2014 18:05)winxi Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 16:09)DavidL Wrote:  I'd prefer a blanket sorting solution as described above (personally I feel this should be the default with pure alphabetical character sorting as an option).

Although I see the point of your request, I'd personally prefer the pure alphabetical sort order.
I don't like software which tries to be super-intelligent, because this will always be appropriate for just a part of the users. The other part will most likely be badly surprised by unexpected results. iTunes is the prototype of such a software.
Your proposed approach will always involve some kind of guessing the sort order. Improving this guessing would require complex algorithms and it is definitely not done with just a single logical instruction.

As sorting strings 'correctly' with embedded numbers is the norm for handling file names etc in Windows and Mac OS there are very efficient algorithms available. Here's one reference including C# code:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1101...-Sort-in-C

David