I found that you must us a "Do"(thank heaven for "Do"s) if you want to make variable any LC token that colorizes like "stack", "the", "field", "button", "put" or "ascending".
I don't think "Do" is a kludge is this case. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Paul Dupuis via use-livecode Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2021 4:56 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Paul Dupuis Subject: sort container parameters I just discovered much to my dismay that you can not execute the following: put "ascending" into tDirection soft lines of tContainer tDirection international apparently neither the sort direction (ascending|descending) nor the sort type (international|text|datetime|numeric|binary) can be variable! That means if you want to parameterize a sort direction, you have to do something like: if tDirection is "ascending" then sort lines of tContainer ascending international else sort lines of tCOntainer descending international end if I see this a a bug or perhaps a failure to fully robust impliment the sort container command? Does any one else see this as a bug? I suppose I could work around it with a "do" but that seems like a cludge do ("sort line of tContainer" && tDirection && tSortType) Thoughts? Comments? Opinions? Am I expecting too much of LiveCode to have sort direction and type actual parameters? _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
