Which is a also a great (and fastest) way to get the max width of text in a column.
get fld "B" sort lines of it numeric *descending* by number of characters of each put number of characters in line 1 of it into tWidest_Word_Width don't you just love BINARY?? On 12 December 2011 09:09, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Try numeric. > > -- > Kind regards, > > Mark Schonewille > Economy-x-Talk > Http://economy-x-talk.com > > Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard > Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com > > > Op 12 dec. 2011 om 17:55 heeft dunb...@aol.com het volgende geschreven: > > > Hmmm. > > > > > > All that is what I tried in the first place, before writing everyone. > > > > > > It turns out that I have a list that does not quite work, and that is > what threw me. Can anyone verify that the following lines will not quite > sort correctlyt? > > > > > > > > DEZINCKING > > RAZORBACKS > > ZOOPLANKTONIC > > ZINCKY > > ZEBECK > > ZADDICK > > ZEBECKS > > ZINCKED > > ZIPLOCK > > KAZACHKI > > KAZACHOK > > ZINCKING > > ZWIEBACK > > DEZINCKED > > RAZORBACK > > ZWIEBACKS > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ 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
