From the dictionary entry for “sort”: If you don't specify a direction, the sort is ascending. One of the following items: • ascending -sorts in ascending order • descending -sorts in descending order
> On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order so the > longest comes > first . . . > > doing this: > > sort lines of fld "myGuff" by length(each) > > sorts the words, but the shortest one comes first… _______________________________________________ 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