Yikes! I was thinking the default was automatic and not text. Good idea! Now, I wonder if it makes a difference in the final probabilities. Maybe performance is influenced.
On May 23, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote: > On 23.05.2013 at 9:51 Uhr -0500 Geoff Canyon apparently wrote: >> To Dar's point, here the stable sort means that you should never use this >> to get a random sort: >> >> sort lines of someContainer by random(the number of lines of someContainer) >> >> You are almost guaranteed to get less than random results. Instead always >> use something like >> >> sort lines of someContainer by random(999999999) >> >> gc > > I wonder why nobody suggests adding "numeric" parameter to random sorts like > above. After all, the sort column is a number but without that parameter is > sorted as ascii text not numeric value. > > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > 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
