On 3/7/19 8:57 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> writes: > >> Lisa, >> >> I will add to David’s advice that you can use the NUM field other than >> a simple 1,2,3,4... >> >> You might, for example, need or want to keep an actual transaction >> number with the transaction. >> >> For that case, you can put the real transaction number in the Action >> or Memo field of the split. > There really is no need to do this. The Number field is a string-entry, > it will let you input anything you want. The SORTING mechanism from the > Num field is a NUMERIC sort; it effectively performs the C-function call > atoi() on the contents. This means you could do something like: > > 1.16274 > 2.0023 > 3.172323 > > And it will sort based on the 1, 2, 3. > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -derek
In one of my books, I did 'yyyy-nnnn' for the field and was able to sort on the entire string. I've sold that business and don't do that for my personal book. -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM [email protected] [email protected] 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
