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An explanation of how Dewey Decimal call numbers are sorted follows. All examples appear in the correct order:
The first line is sorted numerically by whole number:
808 814 821 826
The second part of the first line may also contain a decimal component:
808.12 808.124 808.15 808.34 808.9
The second line is sorted alphabetically. The letter(s) may be followed by a number, which should be treated as a decimal.
808 808 808 808 808
A435 A5 M279 P40 P407
The second part of the second line may also include additional letters at the end. These are sorted alphabetically.
808 808 808 808 808
A435la A435wo M27m M279m M279u