Submitted by: Christian Wolf; Assigned to: Nobody; [R-Forge link](https://r-forge.r-project.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5613&group_id=240&atid=975) This is with revision 1263. ``` S library(data.table) my.dt <- data.table(a=c("$","€","+",0,1,"a","A")) my.dt[base::order(a)] # a #1: $ #2: € #3: + #4: 0 #5: 1 #6: a #7: A my.dt[order(a)] # a #1: $ #2: + #3: 0 #4: 1 #5: A #6: a #7: € ```