So what did it do? With all those asterisks I can’t run it without retyping the whole thing.
> On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > That scr*wed up badly. > > I found this: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10505#p48529 > > and modified it: > > *on**mouseUp* > > ** > > ***put**empty **into**rSortByLength* > > ** > > ***put**fld "CL" **into**tText* > > ** > > ***repeat****for**each word tLine in tText* > > ** > > ***put**tLine&"," > &**the****length****of**tLine&**return****after**rSortByLength* > > ** > > ***end****repeat* > > ** > > ***delete**char -1 **of**rSortByLength* > > ** > > ***sort**lines **of**rSortByLength descending numeric by item 2 **of**each* > > ** > > ***put**empty **into**fld "CL"* > > ** > > ***put**rSortByLength **into**fld "CL"* > > ** > > ***--* > > ** > > ***put**1 **into**KOUNT* > > ** > > ***repeat**until line KOUNT **of**fld "CL" is empty* > > ** > > ***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"* > > ** > > ***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"* > > ** > > ***add**1 **to**KOUNT* > > ** > > ***end****repeat* > > ** > > *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… >> _______________________________________________ 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
