Hmm... is w something more than a string... how could it have a count? SQL uses distinct... might be good to use that...
commonest??? ;-) Also... why are we dropping repeat? Here's something nice: ordered repeats ;-) How about: put file filePath into fileString filter the characters of fileString with "(?i)[a-z]" repeat for each distinct word theWord with count theCount ordered by theCount numeric descending put theWord,theCount &cr after theList if the number of lines of theList = 10 then exit repeat end repeat -- M E R Goulding Software development services Bespoke application development for vertical markets mergExt - There's an external for that! _______________________________________________ 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
