[OT] reOrdering text

Richmond richmondmathewson at gmail.com
Wed Jan 16 12:05:59 EST 2013


On 01/16/2013 05:19 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
> Assuming the data is always in the same order something like the following
> works well.
>
> *on* mouseUp
>
>     *put* field 1 into tData
>
>     *put* 1 into tCount
>
>     *repeat* for each line tLine in tData
>
>        *switch* tcount
>
>           *case* 1
>
>              *put* tLine & cr into tTmp
>
>              *put* 2 into tCount
>
>              *break*
>
>           *case* 2
>
>              *put* tline & cr before tTmp
>
>              *put* 3 into tCount
>
>              *break*
>
>           *default*
>
>              *put* tTmp & tLine & cr after tNewData
>
>              *put* 1 into tCount
>
>        *end* *switch*
>
>     *end* *repeat*
>
>     *delete* the last char of tNewData
>
>     *put* tNewData -- finished data
>
> *end* mouseUp
>
>
> Otherwise, if the order isn't perfect for all triads, you'd have to read
> each line until you get both a fishface and a finish and then put things in
> order.
>
>
>

MARVELLOUS! THANKS SO MUCH!

Richmond.




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