Note that words can also be delimited by tabs and crs, which doesn't allow for a simple substitution for sorting by items/lines, and would make for some odd results pretty much no matter what method you use. There is also the fact that this is six words:
test this thing and this "thing right here" I *think* the sensible output to sorting the above would be: and test thing "thing right here" this this each separated by a single space, with no leading or trailing spaces. On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:28 AM, <j...@souslelogo.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
