on 12/4/02 10:26 AM, jbv at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Sorting a variable made of various lines with several items > in each line with the sort command is easy : > > sort lines of Myvariable by item 2 of each > > > But how can I sort a variable featuring 4 lines with several > hundreds of items in each, so that (for instance) items of > line 4 are sorted numeric ascending, and (that's important) > items of other lines being moved according to the new > position of each item of line 4 ? > > For instance : > line 1 : b,d,c,a > line 2 : 2,4,3,1 > > after sorting line 2, the content would become : > line 1 : a,b,c,d > line 2 : 1,2,3,4 > > I have the feeling this can't be done in MC, while I remember > doing it in OMO using the spreadsheet control... > > Thanks for any suggestion. > JB > > P.S. I need to do it FAST on large variables, therefore a repeat > loop won't do. > > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard >
Suggestion: Think along the lines of an array instead of straight variables. Ray Horsley Developer, LinkIt! Software _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
