That scr*wed up badly.
I found this: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10505#p48529
and modified it:
*on**mouseUp*
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***put**empty **into**rSortByLength*
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***put**fld "CL" **into**tText*
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***repeat****for**each word tLine in tText*
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***put**tLine&","
&**the****length****of**tLine&**return****after**rSortByLength*
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***end****repeat*
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***delete**char -1 **of**rSortByLength*
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***sort**lines **of**rSortByLength descending numeric by item 2 **of**each*
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***put**empty **into**fld "CL"*
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***put**rSortByLength **into**fld "CL"*
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***--*
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***put**1 **into**KOUNT*
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***repeat**until line KOUNT **of**fld "CL" is empty*
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***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"*
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***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"*
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***add**1 **to**KOUNT*
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***end****repeat*
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*end**mouseUp*
Richmond.
On 8/8/17 1:29 am, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode wrote:
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…
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