Devin Asay wrote:
I read the dictionary entry for 'sort container' carefully, and found a
couple of sample scripts for similar things from old use-rev postings.
This is what I came up with, but it didn't do what I want. I think it
boils down to my not understanding how to create custom sort orders.
local lCount,lSortOrder
on updateList
## sort the rawLessonData by item 1 of each line, according to the
term list
put the rawLessonData of fld "vocablist" into tRawData
put "59,26,110,111,272,314,149,250,54" into lSortOrder
put 0 into lCount
sort lines of tRawData by termOrderSort(each)
-- do stuff with the sorted list
end updateList
function termOrderSort
add 1 to lCount
return item lCount of lSortOrder
end termOrderSort
Can anyone advise me?
The way it is now, termOrderSort is returning a number from the item
list (such as 259), and the lines will sort numerically using those
numbers. What you want is for "259" to be returned as "1" and "26" to be
returned as "2", etc. Then the sort works. So do this:
local lSortOrder -- this is the only local you need
on updateList
put the rawLessonData of fld "vocablist" into tRawData
put "259,26,110,111,272,314,149,250,54" into lSortOrder
sort lines of tRawData by termOrderSort(word 1 of each)
-- do stuff with the sorted list
end updateList
function termOrderSort tNum
return itemoffset(tNum, lSortOrder) -- this returns "1,2,3,4,5,etc"
end termOrderSort
Using "word 1 of each" sends the actual number in your raw data to the
sort function. The sort function gets the item offset of that number
from the sort order list. It returns that offset as an integer that will
force the data to sort in the proper order; that is, "259" becomes "1", etc.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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