Reversing a list

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Apr 3 12:19:58 EDT 2008


BNig wrote:

> I tried this on field with 10 lines filled with number from 1 to 10, it
> works and is fast.
> 
> I then tried it with a field filled with 100000 line filled with numbers
> 00001 to 99999
> 
> then it does not work correctly. Since I dont even understand the syntax in
> the first place I have no idea why.

Because you have substituted numbers for alpha characters, you'll need 
to sort numeric. Then it seems to work. Eric's solution is similar to 
mine, so I tested mine, and adding "numeric" fixed it.

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