I’m using LC 7.1.1 on Mac 10.10.5 Just for fun I put your lines in a text field… then this code
set the itemDel to "_" sort lines of field "grNms" ascending numeric by item -1 of each And the lines were sorted as expected of numeric. be well, randy Randy Hengst www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com > On Jan 16, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:22 PM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > >> the interpreter is treating the chunk items as text. Is there some way you >> can force a math operation on each iteration such as +0 ? >> > > 0+item -1 of each > > Value(item -1 of each) > > both give me the same result > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > 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
