Mysql string type field indexing

The index of

numeric type is b-tree tree, but what about string type? Is it possible to map a numeric value to each string and arrange it according to the b-tree tree?

Feb.16,2022
The

string type is also implemented with B+Tree , but each string is not mapped with a number, and the sort is affected by the COLLATE parameter

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MySQL Query : SELECT * FROM `codeshelper`.`v9_news` WHERE status=99 AND catid='6' ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5
MySQL Error : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1b36c76-4eca6.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
MySQL Errno : 1021
Message : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1b36c76-4eca6.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
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