Sorting [was: Polygrid sorting]

[Bob Sneidar]

Datagrids have this feature, so yes, I would expect there to be some way to specify what kind of sort you want to do. But it would have to be on a per column basis. 

But if you are sorting the text yourself, you can use the syntax: sort lines of tText by item n of each.

I don't think any assumptions should be made by the engine as to what kind of data each column contains. I worked with an accounting system many years ago which had numeric invoice numbers, or so it seemed. Once you created a credit memo, it prepended R to the invoice number. 

Bob S


> On Aug 15, 2022, at 16:25 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> So it occurred to me, while playing with sorting by columns, that it might be nice to have an additional "sortType" available.
> 
> I'd like to be able to say
> 
>  - if all the 'things' being sorted on are numbers, then sort numeric, otherwise sort alphabetical.
> 
> Would that be a reasonable enhancement request ?
> 
> Would "natural" be a reasonable suggested name ?
> 
> Alex.
> 
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