SORT by length

[Jerry Jensen]

So what did it do? With all those asterisks I can’t run it without retyping the whole thing.

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> That scr*wed up badly.
> 
> I found this: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10505#p48529
> 
> and modified it:
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> *on**mouseUp*
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> **
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> ***put**empty **into**rSortByLength*
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> **
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> ***put**fld "CL" **into**tText*
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> **
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> ***repeat****for**each word tLine in tText*
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> **
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> ***put**tLine&"," &**the****length****of**tLine&**return****after**rSortByLength*
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> **
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> ***end****repeat*
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> **
> 
> ***delete**char -1 **of**rSortByLength*
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> **
> 
> ***sort**lines **of**rSortByLength descending numeric by item 2 **of**each*
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> **
> 
> ***put**empty **into**fld "CL"*
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> **
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> ***put**rSortByLength **into**fld "CL"*
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> **
> 
> ***--*
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> **
> 
> ***put**1 **into**KOUNT*
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> **
> 
> ***repeat**until line KOUNT **of**fld "CL" is empty*
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> **
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> ***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"*
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> **
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> ***delete****the**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"*
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> **
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> ***add**1 **to**KOUNT*
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> **
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> ***end****repeat*
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> **
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> *end**mouseUp*
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> 
> Richmond.
> 
> 
> On 8/8/17 1:29 am, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode wrote:
>> From the dictionary entry for “sort”: If you don't specify a direction, the sort is ascending. One of the following items: • ascending -sorts in ascending order • descending -sorts in descending order
>>> On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote: I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order so the longest comes first . . . doing this: sort lines of fld "myGuff" by length(each) sorts the words, but the shortest one comes first…
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