sort ignoring the, a, ...

[CSN]

Is there a way to sort results as follows?

Acme
The Acme Company
Beer
A Boat Company
Boats
Cars
....

i.e., ignoring leading the's, a's, etc.?

TIA,
CSN
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[Peter Eisentraut]

CSN writes:

Is there a way to sort results as follows? i.e., ignoring leading the's, a's, etc.?

Not built in. You'll need to use some kind of pattern matching to strip
off the leading articles.

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