Thank you, for the info and code. John Balgenorth
On Mar 3, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:18 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > >> function goodNumber var >> repeat for each char tChar in var >> if var is in "0123456789" then put tChar after temp >> end repeat >> return temp >> end goodNumber >> > > It's worth checking, but this might be faster (but less robust): > > function goodNumber var > replace comma with empty in var > return var > end goodNumber > > if that does work, then I'd replace it with a more general function: > > function replaceF S,F,R > replace F with R in S > return S > end replaceF > > and then call it with > > sort yourData numeric by replaceF(item columnOfInterest of each,comma,empty) > _______________________________________________ > 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
