You can as I understand get the keys of an array, which returns a string, then sort the string. I am unaware of any function that can sort an array natively before it is returned.
Bob S > On Aug 7, 2018, at 15:02 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > Someone said, probably Mark, that numbered key arrays beginning with 1 > > will always return their keys sorted numerically. I always wondered > > why almost every other array seemed to scramble to order of it's keys, > > but datagrid arrays never did. > > Associative arrays are a collection of hashes, and as such have no internal > sense of order. > > The DataGrid script runs output through the sort command before returning it. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web _______________________________________________ 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
