sort lines by length

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Dave,

Am 23.09.2014 um 22:59 schrieb Dave Cragg <dave.cragg at lacscentre.co.uk>:

> On 23 Sep 2014, at 20:07, Klaus major-k <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Larry,
>> 
>> Am 23.09.2014 um 20:53 schrieb <larry at significantplanet.org> <larry at significantplanet.org>:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> this line doesn't work:
>>> sort lines of field "myField" by length of each
>>> 
>>> Can someone please tell me the code for sorting a field by length of line?
>> 
>> this compiles and kinda works, but not as exspected :-/
>> ...
>> sort lines of fld 1 by length(each)
>> ...
> 
> sort lines of fld 1 numeric by length(each)
> I think "numeric" is needed if the lengths can be over 9 characters. Otherwise it will do a text sort on the lengths.

oh, well, thanks a lot! :-)

> Cheers
> Dave

Best

Klaus

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