Well, I don't want to keep this thread going forever but still... I do understand Mark's explanations, but still I don't understand this :
since this is allowed (and returns the expected result) : get "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" set itemdel to space sort items of it ascending why not have the engine temporarily replacing the current itemdel with space, do the sorting of words, and then setting itemdel back to its previous value... Of course this would be transparent to the coder... Some will say "what's the use ? Simply set the itemdel to space"... But this would allow words sorting, as well as sorting in more complex data structures, such as words inside items inside lines... jbv > On 2015-12-09 13:42, j...@souslelogo.com wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> I am probably missing something, but items can be separated by multiple >> itemdelimiters too, but nevertheless the sorting function works, as in >> this >> example : >> get "12,5,,4,10,,,11,24" >> sort items of it ascending numeric >> >> it returns ,,,4,5,10,11,12,24 >> and no compilation error... > > Right - but: > > "1,2,,,,3,4,5" > > Is a list of 8 items - 3 of them empty. > > "the quick brown fox jumped" > > Is a list of 5 words - multiple item delimiters mean something, multiple > spaces are just a single 'delimiter' in this context. > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > _______________________________________________ > 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
