Just so, and his data was alphanumeric. After sorting, he wanted to find the first line that had a digit as char 1. Since alpha sorts before numbers, he wanted to find the line number where a transition, for example, might have been:
a1 a2 1a --this line 1b The old fashioned way may have been the best, especially with "repeat for each..." Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 11:11 pm Subject: Re: to find the first numeric line? Great idea, but I think he wants to know the line position in the string. I could be wrong. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Mark Stuart wrote: > Hi Tiemo, > I haven’t tried this, but have you taken a look at the FILTER command? > filter list with “[1-9]*” > > Thanx, > Mark Stuart > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
