text sortType

dunbarx at aol.com dunbarx at aol.com
Tue May 28 14:22:32 EDT 2013


There is an undocumented feature, though it is noted in the user notes under "sort" and "sort container" in the dictionary:


sort by sortKey1 & sortKey2 & sortKey3...



all in one line. Both methods produce stable multiple sorts. 



Craig Newman




-----Original Message-----
From: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de>
To: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 1:35 pm
Subject: AW: text sortType


How about sorting twice
sort lines of sReportText numeric by item 2 of each
sort lines of sReportText by item 1 of each
didn't tested
Tiemo


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
Auftrag
> von Andrew Kluthe
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013 19:06
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: text sortType
> 
> Hello Ya'll,
> 
> I am trying to sort some tab delimited data by item 1 of each. Item 1 of
> each is a name and a number.
> 
> Kansas 1
> Kansas 3
> MO 3
> MO 8
> 
> 
> Anyhow, when I run the sort as
> 
> sort lines of sReportText by item 1 of each
> 
> I get it sorted pretty close, but entries with the same name and a
> different number are not sorted numerically after being sorted
> alphabetically.
> 
> Are there any built in options or tricks I could use to get the desired
> result without having to write a custom sort function for this seemingly
> simple task?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Andrew Kluthe
> andrew at ctech.me
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