2016-01-15 21:37 GMT+01:00 Maurice Howe :
> Oh, that's easy. The facility already exists -- No need to "add" a
> feature. I often have lists of names that need sorting is various ways.
> TABLES are the answer.
Aren't spreadsheets tables already?
> It may be cumbersome to make a table from
so how the name is spoken. Have to deal
with that too sometimes.
- Dennis
> -Original Message-
> From: Julian Thomas [mailto:j...@jt-mj.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 16:22
> To: Open Office Apache list
> Subject: Re: [ PROPOSAL ] A new REVERSE string function for
> On Jan 15, 2016, at 11:49, Ross Murray wrote:
>
> I would like to see a REVERSE function, which returns a new string with
> characters in reverse order to the target string.
>
> I am attempting to remove duplicates after merging many files to create a
> very large list of names. Names may or
Oh, that's easy. The facility already exists -- No need to "add" a
feature. I often have lists of names that need sorting is various ways.
TABLES are the answer. It may be cumbersome to make a table from a list,
but it really pays off for applications like yours. Table elements are
usually sepa
