how to sort lines with a $ amount

[Jerry Jensen]

If you can really really count on the $ always being present, you could do:
sort the lines of field "myStuff" numeric by char 2 to -1 of word 4 of each

On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:03 PM, <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:

> I have a field with a date, name, number and finally a dollar amount such as $10 - in each line of the field.
> 
> I can sort the lines of the field just fine on word 1 (date),  word 2 (name) and word 3 (number)
> 
> But when I try to sort on word 4, I don't know how to get it to come out right because the $ in front makes it a string and not a number.
> 
> So I get something like this:
> $11.00
> $120.00
> $47.00
> 
> When what I want is:
> $11.00
> $47.00
> $120.00
> 
> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment!
> Larry
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