Sorting lines

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Martin Baxter <mb.userev at harbourhosting.co.uk>
wrote:
> > Hi Matthias,
> > 
> > Try the following:
> > ##
> > set the itemDelimiter to ";"
> > sort lines of tVariable by item 4 of each
> > ##
> > 
> > Hope this helped,
> > 
> > Jan Schenkel.
> 
> Erm, this doesn't seem to work here in 2.8.1 on win
> XP. The 
> itemdelimiter appears to be ignored.
> 
> Martin Baxter
> 

Hi Martin,

As the itemDelimiter is a local propert and thus gets
reset at the end of a running handler, you have to run
both lines together from a script, or in the
multi-line section of the message box.

I tested it on MacOSX in Rev 2.6.1 and 2.8.1, and it
worked in both:
- I pasted the example text into a field:
##
320;4999;219;Peter;329;366
3;23;14;Mark;0;0
2;213;13;Josh;215;666
1000;999;10101;Mark;211;555
2;214;25;Peter;212:667
##
- And added a button with the following script:
##
on mouseUp
  put field 1 into tVariable
  sort lines of tVariable by random(10000)
  set the itemDelimiter to ";"
  sort lines of tVariable by item 4 of each
  put tVariable into field 1
end mouseUp
##

When clicking a few times, you may end up with
different results, but the 'Josh', 'Mark' and 'Peter'
lines are still lumped together.

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

Quartam Reports for Revolution
<http://www.quartam.com>

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