how to sort lines with a $ amount

[Paul Hibbert]

If the $amount is always the last column in the field…

   set the itemDel to "$"
   sort lines of fld "myField" ascending numeric by item 2 of each

Paul

On 2014-03-31, 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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