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 > 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