Without looking at any other solutions first: repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines of myText step 3 put line i+1 into templine delete line i+1 of myText put tempLine & cr before line i of myText -- not sure if you need the cr
bob On Jan 16, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Richmond 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
