Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!!
Hi Paul, After trying MANY suggestions and my own trial and ERRORS, you finally provided me with a solution that actually works. I very much appreciate that you actually tested it. I have the feeling that many times in this list well-meaning people post solutions that they have not tested and therefore often do not work. Thanks again, Larry - Original Message - From: Paul Hibbert paulhibb...@mac.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 9:57 AM Subject: Re: sorting Larry, If I understand right, just change the direction of the second sort to put the beginners first, this worked for my test: on mouseUp sort lines of fld sortField by word 2 of each sort lines of fld sortField descending by word 1 of each end mouseUp Paul On 2014-08-09, at 4:56 AM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Hello Alex, OK, in my previous email I gave some hypothetical data. In my app I actually have a field where the first word is either Advanced or Beginner The 2nd word is a number ranging from 2 to 25, showing how many items. There are some other words after those, but I'm not concerned about them. As lines are added to the field, they are in jumbled order. What I want is this on the sort: (All the Beginners in numeric order, followed by all the Advanced in numeric order) Beginner 1 Beginner 2 Beginner 3 (etc.) Advanced 1 Advanced 2 Advanced 3 (etc.) Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 3:51 AM Subject: Re: sorting Larry, can you be more explicit about how it doesn't work ? Actually, can you explain better what you want to do ? You said you want to sort by the 2nd and then the 3rd word - but gave an example that appeared to show sorting by 2nd and 1st - and not even have a 3rd word in any line. So how about a slightly less terse description, and an example showing both before and after and hopefully we can get you to where you want -- Alex. On 09/08/2014 09:14, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Sorry, that doesn't work - Original Message - From: Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 12:58 AM Subject: Re: sorting sort theList by word 2 of each sort theList by word 1 of each sort order is retained in-between commands, that's why it works. On 09 Aug 2014, at 08:24, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: I have a field I want to sort. Each line has 4 words. I want to sort by the first word (ascending) and then do a 2nd sort by the 3rd word without changing the order of the first word. Example: apple box apple pie apple zoo baby blue baby rattle baby zoo etc. TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!!
You're more than welcome. I often see the problems posted here as challenges, some I have no chance with (they are way over my head), some I learn from other's answers, some I get totally wrong. Occasionally I see what I think may be a solution, but I usually have to do a test first to be sure I understand and don't make too much of a fool of myself in public - sometimes get that wrong too! Most are already answered by the time I've worked out a reply, but I still learn. Anyway, I'm always pleased to help if I can as are most of the others on this list, it's a great place to learn more about the intricacies of developing with LiveCode. Paul On 2014-08-09, at 9:33 AM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Hi Paul, After trying MANY suggestions and my own trial and ERRORS, you finally provided me with a solution that actually works. I very much appreciate that you actually tested it. I have the feeling that many times in this list well-meaning people post solutions that they have not tested and therefore often do not work. Thanks again, Larry - Original Message - From: Paul Hibbert paulhibb...@mac.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 9:57 AM Subject: Re: sorting Larry, If I understand right, just change the direction of the second sort to put the beginners first, this worked for my test: on mouseUp sort lines of fld sortField by word 2 of each sort lines of fld sortField descending by word 1 of each end mouseUp Paul On 2014-08-09, at 4:56 AM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Hello Alex, OK, in my previous email I gave some hypothetical data. In my app I actually have a field where the first word is either Advanced or Beginner The 2nd word is a number ranging from 2 to 25, showing how many items. There are some other words after those, but I'm not concerned about them. As lines are added to the field, they are in jumbled order. What I want is this on the sort: (All the Beginners in numeric order, followed by all the Advanced in numeric order) Beginner 1 Beginner 2 Beginner 3 (etc.) Advanced 1 Advanced 2 Advanced 3 (etc.) Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 3:51 AM Subject: Re: sorting Larry, can you be more explicit about how it doesn't work ? Actually, can you explain better what you want to do ? You said you want to sort by the 2nd and then the 3rd word - but gave an example that appeared to show sorting by 2nd and 1st - and not even have a 3rd word in any line. So how about a slightly less terse description, and an example showing both before and after and hopefully we can get you to where you want -- Alex. On 09/08/2014 09:14, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Sorry, that doesn't work - Original Message - From: Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 12:58 AM Subject: Re: sorting sort theList by word 2 of each sort theList by word 1 of each sort order is retained in-between commands, that's why it works. On 09 Aug 2014, at 08:24, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: I have a field I want to sort. Each line has 4 words. I want to sort by the first word (ascending) and then do a 2nd sort by the 3rd word without changing the order of the first word. Example: apple box apple pie apple zoo baby blue baby rattle baby zoo etc. TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list
Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!!
I tried Craig’s approach, but with the correct syntax, not the condensed example he gave. I put your example list into field 1, and had this script in a button: on mouseUp put fld 1 into fld 2 sort fld 2 by word 1 of each word 2 of each end mouseUp I then scrambled (manually) the lines of field 1. That consistently gives back the list in the sorted order you showed. Next I tried this script: on mouseUp repeat with a = 1 to 100 put item random(2) of advanced,beginner random(100) into line a of fld 1 end repeat put fld 1 into fld 2 sort fld 2 by word 1 of each word 2 of each end mouseUp Field 1 had a random list of advanced and beginner entries, with a level too, and after clicking the button field 2 showed the list as sorted. Now, it’s an alpha sort not a numeric sort, and Paul’s approach, which was the same as Björnke’s, also fails in that way. So, Craig’s suggestion was good, just not with the syntax expanded. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!!
Sorry, I did miss the numeric sort, it worked with a short example, but using Colin's test script, this also works: on mouseUp sort lines of fld sortField numeric by word 2 of each sort lines of fld sortField descending by word 1 of each end mouseUp Paul On 2014-08-09, at 9:51 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: I tried Craig’s approach, but with the correct syntax, not the condensed example he gave. I put your example list into field 1, and had this script in a button: on mouseUp put fld 1 into fld 2 sort fld 2 by word 1 of each word 2 of each end mouseUp I then scrambled (manually) the lines of field 1. That consistently gives back the list in the sorted order you showed. Next I tried this script: on mouseUp repeat with a = 1 to 100 put item random(2) of advanced,beginner random(100) into line a of fld 1 end repeat put fld 1 into fld 2 sort fld 2 by word 1 of each word 2 of each end mouseUp Field 1 had a random list of advanced and beginner entries, with a level too, and after clicking the button field 2 showed the list as sorted. Now, it’s an alpha sort not a numeric sort, and Paul’s approach, which was the same as Björnke’s, also fails in that way. So, Craig’s suggestion was good, just not with the syntax expanded. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
