I think if you set the numberFormat to “00” and itemDelimiter to “:” you can add 0 to each item.
Bob On Apr 2, 2014, at 01:15 , John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Another way to do this would be to put a 0 in front of the 'hours & minutes' > before you sort them... > Alex, it trying to help you... no need to be cheeky !... > > on mouseUp > set itemdel to ":" > repeat with count = 1 to the number of lines of fld 1 > if the number of chars of item 1 of line count of fld 1 = 1 then > put 0 & line count of fld 1 into line count of fld 1 > end if > end repeat > sort lines of fld 1 > end mouseUp > > would give : > > 01:22 > 02:08 > 07:47 > 09:14 > 11:35 > 12:16 > 15:56 > 16:33 > 25:34 > 34:55 > >> From: la...@significantplanet.org > >> Sorry Alex, I do not understand. >> >> 16:33 is sixteen minutes and 33 seconds. >> So why is 25:34 not twenty-five minutes and 34 seconds? >> Last time I checked, there are 60 minutes in an hour. > >>> 25:34 and 34:55 are not valid dateTimes, so where those lines get sorted >>> to is not well undefined; it looks as though LC simply decides to give >>> them a '0:00'. >>> >>> Apart from those two lines, it looks (to me) like the result is correct. >>> Isn't it ? >>> >>> -- Alex. >>> >>> >>> On 02/04/2014 08:41, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: >>>> Here is my script line: >>>> sort field myTimes descending dateTime > >>>> 16:33 >>>> 15:56 >>>> 12:16 >>>> 11:35 >>>> 9:14 >>>> 7:47 >>>> 2:08 >>>> 1:22 >>>> 25:34 >>>> 34:55 >>>> > >>>> Here is my other script line: > >>>> 25:34 >>>> 34:55 >>>> 1:22 >>>> 2:08 >>>> 7:47 >>>> 9:14 >>>> 11:35 >>>> 12:16 >>>> 15:56 >>>> 16:33 >>>> >>>> Seriously? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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