Confirm sort container order...

[Paul Dupuis]

All those forum efforts (except Richard's) ignore that the dictionary 
entry states that the "sort" command is a stable sort precisely so that 
you can do multiple sorts to sort by multiple chunks

Whether you do

   sort lines of tText by word 3 of each
   sort lines of tText by word 2 of each
   sort lines of tText by word 1 of each

or

repeat from i = 3 down to 1
   sort lines of tText by word i of each
end repeat

and whether you want to sort by "word i of each" or "item i of each" or 
"token i of each" or whatever, the multiple sort commands is the LC 
recommended way to perform  multi-level sort.


On 3/30/2022 4:16 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote:
> I hate that one cannot edit previous posts here like we can on the forum.
>
> I meant “tabs”. not “tase”.
>
> Craig
>
>> On Mar 30, 2022, at 4:15 PM, Craig Newman <craig at starfirelighting.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am assuming here that there are spaces separating the chars in your list. The use of “words” will also delimit if those are tase instead of spaces. But the method is worth exploring…
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>> On Mar 30, 2022, at 3:39 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> A B C
>>> A A B
>>> A B A
>>> A A A
>>> A A C
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