Oops, make sure the sort is numeric, which I forgot. On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious.. How does this compare? > > local scount > on mouseUp > put the number of lines in field 1 + 1 into scount > sort lines of field 1 by getCount() > end mouseUp > > function getCount > subtract 1 from sCount > return sCount > end getCount > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:52 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > wrote: > >> Just tinkering around on a lazy Sunday, and I thought I'd come up with a >> neat way to reverse a list without using the traditional clunky method: >> >> function reverseSort pList >> repeat for each line l in pList >> put l & cr before tList >> end repeat >> return tList >> end reverseSort >> >> One of the best things I learned from a past LC converence came from >> Jerry Daniels who said "let the engine do it." It's almost always faster >> and more efficient. With that in mind I wrote this: >> >> local sNum >> >> function reverseText pList >> put the number of lines in pList into sNum >> sort lines of pList numeric by reverseSort(each) >> return pList >> end reverseText >> >> function reverseSort pTxt >> subtract 1 from sNum >> return sNum && pTxt >> end reverseSort >> >> Works great and I was proud. Then I did some timing tests and found out >> the two methods are very close to equivalent in timing, and on long lists, >> the first way is actually faster. >> >> So much for improving on LC's text chunking speed. Pah. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
