Oh, sorry Mike, I didn't think deep enough. Then your approach to add the field as "sort-element" to the array is from my point of view clearly the easiest way to go.
> > > Mike B. wrote: > > > repeat for each line tKey in myArrayA["sortedWords"] > > > -- do whatever with each one myArrayA[tKey]..... > > > end repeat > > > > hh wrote: > > Why administrate another object while you have already one? > > One could rebuild to string from array and sort in one step: > > > > put fld "myListField" into mySortList > > repeat for each line L in mySortList > > -- do whatever with each one myArrayA[L] ... > > end repeat > > Mike B. wrote: > True, wasn't sure the field would still be available. I think the O.P. > mentioned rebuilding the list in user order at a later time (as in from a > later program run) by loading the array data from a file. By storing the > list from the field as part of the array data, it carries the user index > along with the data being indexed. (could store the list many ways, but > all of them require a way to actually save the list between runs, if I > understand what I read) _______________________________________________ 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
