On 24 Sep 2014, at 04:21, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote:
> Dave- > > Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 1:59:39 PM, you wrote: > >> sort lines of fld 1 numeric by length(each) > >> I think "numeric" is needed if the lengths can be over 9 >> characters. Otherwise it will do a text sort on the lengths. > > See bug^H^Henhancement request 9910. This has bugged me for some time > now. Is there ever a case when you'd want to sort alphabetically by > length()? Mark, I have no strong opinion on this. The response to your request made some sense to me, as it would apply only to certain built-in functions that can only return a numeric value. So there would be some inconsistency, and also possible confusion if trying to sort on a custom function that *I know* always returns a numeric value, but the engine doesn't. I guess one case when you might want to sort alphabetically on length() is when demonstrating the behaviour of the sort command. :-) Cheers Dave Cragg _______________________________________________ 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
