Ah, I should have been more clear in my example. Item 1 is a string consisting of a name and a number with a space in between. The other items I have not provided examples of here, because they contain information unrelated to the sort but may have made what I am trying to do more clear.
If i sort by item 1 I would assume that "MO 8" would be placed before "MO 12" but it stops when it comes to the number. I beleive this is because the "1" in "12" in the example above comes before "8". I wish it would consider "12" an entire number in the match, but I understand why it doesn't work this way because it is using ASCII numbers to sort them yes? I always get in the habit of setting the itemDelimiter right before a sort, so i don't think it's getting changed. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:22 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > There is an undocumented feature, though it is noted in the user notes > under "sort" and "sort container" in the dictionary: > > > sort by sortKey1 & sortKey2 & sortKey3... > > > > all in one line. Both methods produce stable multiple sorts. > > > > Craig Newman > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> > To: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 1:35 pm > Subject: AW: text sortType > > > How about sorting twice > sort lines of sReportText numeric by item 2 of each > sort lines of sReportText by item 1 of each > didn't tested > Tiemo > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag > > von Andrew Kluthe > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013 19:06 > > An: How to use LiveCode > > Betreff: text sortType > > > > Hello Ya'll, > > > > I am trying to sort some tab delimited data by item 1 of each. Item 1 of > > each is a name and a number. > > > > Kansas 1 > > Kansas 3 > > MO 3 > > MO 8 > > > > > > Anyhow, when I run the sort as > > > > sort lines of sReportText by item 1 of each > > > > I get it sorted pretty close, but entries with the same name and a > > different number are not sorted numerically after being sorted > > alphabetically. > > > > Are there any built in options or tricks I could use to get the desired > > result without having to write a custom sort function for this seemingly > > simple task? > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Andrew Kluthe > > and...@ctech.me > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ 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
