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Sodium alkyl sulphate is not a cationic detergent but it is an anionic detergent as it gives anion which acts as surfactant.
$\underset{\text{Sodium alkylsulphate}}{{\text{RCH}}_2-{\text{SO}}_3\text{Na}}\to \underset{\left(\text{Anionicpart}\right)}{{\text{RCH}}_2{\text{SO}}_3^{-}}+{\text{Na}}^{+}$