You all are just too darn smart. great solution. On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 5:54 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Why not just do it directly (avoid the function call) ... > > function sortIPList2 pIPList > set the itemdelimiter to "." > try > sort lines of pIPList ascending numeric \ > by (item 1 of each * 16777216) + \ > (item 2 of each *65536) + \ > (item 3 of each *256) + \ > (item 4 of each ) > catch theError > breakpoint > end try > return pIPList > end sortIPList2 > > or if you prefer ... > by item 4 of each + 256 * ( item 3 of each + 256 * (item 2 of each + > 256 * item 1 of each )) > ... > > Alex. > > On 30/06/2018 00:41, hh via use-livecode wrote: > > Your IP addresses [0-255].[0-255].[0-255].[0-255] > > are the hex IP numbers converted to base 256. > > So you may try the following sorting function that > > converts the IPs from base 256 to base 10 (decimal). > > > > function ip2dec x > > set itemdel to "." > > repeat with i=0 to 3 > > add (item 4-i of x)*256^i to y > > end repeat > > return y > > end ip2dec > > > > on mouseUp > > put fld "ips" into s > > sort s numeric by ip2dec(each) # <---- > > put s into fld "out" > > end mouseUp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
