Richard- Monday, September 16, 2013, 6:50:46 AM, you wrote:
> If someone has time on their hands it might be fun to see what Python > and JavaScript versions of each of those would look like. Well, that was fun. Here it is in ruby: # ruby 1.9.3 #sort lines of x numeric ascending by item 3 of each def func1(x) x[2].to_i end # sort lines of x numeric ascending by item 3 of each * word 2 of item 1 of each def func2(x) x[2].to_i * x[0].split[1].to_i end #sort lines of x numeric descending by abs(item 3 of each * word 2 of item 1 of each) def func3(x) -(x[2].to_i * x[0].split[1].to_i).abs end #sort lines of x by item 3 of each > word 2 of item 1 of each def func4(x) (x[2].to_i > x[0].split[1].to_i) ? 1 : 0 end #sort lines of x by (item 3 of each > word 2 of item 1 of each) && item 4 of each def func5(x) (x[2].to_i > x[0].split[1].to_i).to_s + x[3] end #sort lines of x numeric descending by length(item 4 of each) - (item 3 of each) def func6(x) -(x[3].length - x[2].to_i) end # see if it works... def parse_test data = [ "test 1,this,5,apple", "test 2,the,-2,pear", "test 3,a,2,grape", "test 4,oh,0,strawberry" ] p data.sort_by { |w| func1(w.split(","))} p data.sort_by { |w| func2(w.split(","))} p data.sort_by { |w| func3(w.split(","))} p data.sort_by { |w| func4(w.split(","))} p data.sort_by { |w| func5(w.split(","))} p data.sort_by { |w| func6(w.split(","))} end parse_test -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ 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