Yup, nsort is exactly what I need. Thanks so much!

On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 6:27:49 PM UTC-4, Taylor Jensen wrote:
>
> It's so I get the most recent events first. 
>
> nsort sounds like the exact thing I want. Will verify shortly. 
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 6:25 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I don't all those reverse sorts you're doing, but then again, there's a 
>> lot I don't understand ;-)
>>
>> I think you want the "nsort" operator.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 3:21:42 PM UTC-7, Taylor Jensen wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm making a TiddlyWiki where some of the tiddlers contain the following 
>>> fields: `age` `year` `month` `date` corresponding to the date of the 
>>> tiddler in a fictional universe (hence I can't use the existing date 
>>> fields, the calendar is different). 
>>>
>>> I have this code that creates a list and sorts tiddlers more or less 
>>> correctly by `age`, `year`, `month`, `date` in that order:
>>>
>>>     <$list filter="[tag[history]] [tag[progress]] 
>>> +[!sort[date]!sort[month]!sort[year]!sort[age]]">
>>>     <$link>{{!!title}}</$link> | <span style="font-weight: 
>>> bold;">Age:</span> {{!!age}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Year:</span> 
>>> {{!!year}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Month:</span> {{!!month}} <span 
>>> style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> {{!!date}}<br>
>>>     </$list>
>>>
>>> But when I have a field that is say `month:11` it gets sorted after 
>>> `month:1` and before `month:2` because it's being evaluated and sorted as 
>>> text.
>>>
>>> So my question comes down to how can I force `sort[]` to treat its 
>>> parameter like an integer, or how can I tell TiddlyWiki what kind of data 
>>> I'm storing in my custom fields?
>>>
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