If you have streets like "SW 34th St" you'll have a problem -- you should
probably adjust your pickStreet function:
function pickStreet pName
if word 1 of pName is among the words of "N S E W NE NW SE SW" then
return word 2 to -1 of pName
end if
return pName
end pickStreet
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
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http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
On May 11, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Jim Hurley wrote:
> Thanks Jerry. That is what I was looking for.
>
> There is some magic going on behind the scenes with that "by ... of each"
> that I never really caught on to.
>
> Jim
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:23:36 -0700
>> From: Jerry Jensen <[email protected]>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Sort of a problem
>>
>> This seems to do the job. No polish, but you'll get the idea.
>> .Jerry
>>
>> Aw, crap, forgot about no attachments. Here's the code:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>>
>> on mouseUp
>> local tList
>> put fld "Streets" into tList
>> sort lines of tList by pickStreet(each)
>> put tList into fld "Streets"
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> function pickStreet pName
>> if word 1 of pName is in "NSEW" then
>> return word 2 to -1 of pName
>> else
>> return pName
>> end if
>> end pickStreet
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
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