Sort of a problem
Jim Hurley
jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 11 14:09:57 EDT 2012
Thanks Jerry. That is what I was looking for.
There is some magic going on behind the scenes with that "by ... of each" that I never really caught on to.
Jim
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> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:23:36 -0700
> From: Jerry Jensen <jhj at jhj.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Subject: Re: Sort of a problem
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> This seems to do the job. No polish, but you'll get the idea.
> .Jerry
>
> Aw, crap, forgot about no attachments. Here's the code:
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> on mouseUp
> local tList
> put fld "Streets" into tList
> sort lines of tList by pickStreet(each)
> put tList into fld "Streets"
> end mouseUp
>
> function pickStreet pName
> if word 1 of pName is in "NSEW" then
> return word 2 to -1 of pName
> else
> return pName
> end if
> end pickStreet
>
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