On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote:
> Basically the answer to your question is simply that: > > a) It is not entirely obvious what 'sort the words of' should do. > Then why is it obvious to LC when you have this: 4 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog --spaces 3 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog --tabs 2 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog --spaces and tabs 1 the "quick brown fox" jumped over the "lazy dog" --quotes, tabs, spaces sort lines of aboveVariable by word 4 of each I read Geoff's response differently. One of LC's extremely powerful features is it's ability to manipulate chunk expressions. Yes, 'word' is often misunderstood and causes angst when it's LC definition is not appreciated but once it is, the ability to quote text and have LC treat it as a single word is very very powerful. > > b) The case of sorting a list of single space separated things is already > available by fiddling with delimiters and using item/line chunks. > But as has been pointed out, that is not the sole LC word delimiter, so yes if you need simple space delimited sorting, then yes it is possible to roll your own, but if you want to sort a container by an LC word, consistent with LC's 'sort... by word x of each', then I agree with jbv that an extension to the current sort by container function to include word would seem to be a logical and powerful addition to the arsenal - just try achieving the same sort as above but without using 'word 4 of each' but by 'fiddling with delimiters and using item/line'. _______________________________________________ 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
