Assuming the data is always in the same order something like the following
works well.
*on* mouseUp
*put* field 1 into tData
*put* 1 into tCount
*repeat* for each line tLine in tData
*switch* tcount
*case* 1
*put* tLine & cr into tTmp
*put* 2 into tCount
*break*
*case* 2
*put* tline & cr before tTmp
*put* 3 into tCount
*break*
*default*
*put* tTmp & tLine & cr after tNewData
*put* 1 into tCount
*end* *switch*
*end* *repeat*
*delete* the last char of tNewData
*put* tNewData -- finished data
*end* mouseUp
Otherwise, if the order isn't perfect for all triads, you'd have to read
each line until you get both a fishface and a finish and then put things in
order.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I have a socking great text file that reads in part something like this:
>
> Cook my cheese
> fishface1
> finish
> Shave my legs
> fishface2
> finish
> Paint my fingernails
> fishface3
> finish
> Wax my arms
> fishface4
> finish
>
> and so it goes for about 72 pages (!!!)
>
> Now what I needs is a reordered lilst like this:
>
> fishface1
> Cook my cheese
> finish
> fishface2
> Shave my legs
> finish
> fishface3
> Paint my fingernails
> finish
> fishface4
> Wax my arms
> finish
>
> and, as a fairly lazy slob, I have no great wish to effect that manually.
>
> But, for the life of me I cannot work out how to do that automatically,
> either inwith or outwith Livecode.
>
> Richmond.
>
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