A slightly disturbing problem about items

[jbv]

Example 1 :

on mouseUp
  put "" into L
  repeat with i=1 to 5
    put i & comma after L
  end repeat
  put number of items of L
end mouseUp

the answer is "5"

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Example 2 :

on mouseUp
  put "" into L
  repeat with i=1 to 5
    put i & comma after L
  end repeat
  sort items of L ascending numeric
  put number of items of L
end mouseUp

the answer is "6"


Any comment ?

JB