Re: sorting advice
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com wrote: My mistake (again), Kay. Your method does work. The problem at my end was my test-data, which included a miscalculated leap year date of 2.29.09 -- an impossible date. I'm fluent in mistakes as well :-) Much better at them than Rev so I'm glad no bug with Rev and you were able to get a workable solution. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
Tried it and, no, doesn't sort as expected. Please explain further. My mistake (again), Kay. Your method does work. The problem at my end was my test-data, which included a miscalculated leap year date of 2.29.09 -- an impossible date. Again, thank you. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I found a solution. But maybe someone's got something more elegant. How about: replace . with / in tNaiyo sort lines of tNaiyo ascending dateTime by word 2 of each replace / with . in tNaiyo HTH ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
How about: replace . with / in tNaiyo sort lines of tNaiyo ascending dateTime by word 2 of each replace / with . in tNaiyo Tried it and, no, doesn't sort as expected. Thanks all the same. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
Hi Nicolas, Custom sort functions to the rescue! I made a simple stack with 2 fields and a button. The first field contains your original data, and the button has the following script: ## on mouseUp put field 1 into tData sort tData ascending by MyCustomSort(each) put tData into field 2 end mouseUp function MyCustomSort pLine set the itemDelimiter to space put item 2 of pLine into tDate replace .. with / in tDate convert tDate from english date to dateItems set the itemDelimiter to comma put format(%4u%02u%02u, \ item 1 of tDate, \ item 2 of tDate, \ item 3 of tDate) into tSortableDate return tSortableDate end MyCustomSort ## Clicking the button produced the expected results in field 2. The trick is to return from your function a value that will sort the content correctly. In this case, the function will turn 12.3.09 into 20091203, 3.2.04 into 20040302, etc. And those 'MMDD' versions of the date will sort correctly. HTH, Jan Schenkel = Quartam Reports PDF Library for Revolution http://www.quartam.com = As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time. (La Rochefoucauld) --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com wrote: From: Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com Subject: sorting advice To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:23 PM Still avoiding thinking too much... Given this list (a ref-number followed by a dot-separated date): bg2334 12.21.09 bg9788 1.10.02 bg6554 11.30.11 bg8902 6.6.04 bg4021 2.29.12 bg1210 1.2.02 bg3008 12.3.09 bg5526 5.29.04 what sort-command combo would re-order it ascending by the date to become: bg1210 1.2.02 bg9788 1.10.02 bg5526 5.29.04 bg8902 6.6.04 bg3008 12.3.09 bg2334 12.21.09 bg6554 11.30.11 bg4021 2.29.12 Note that the ref-number and the date are space-separated, and I'm using . instead of the english date's /. Also, the date form is month[1-12, no leading zero], day[1-31], year [00- 09, leading zero]. I'll be experimenting on my own to hit on the magic combination, but in the meantime I thought I'd post a plea since someone is very likely to reply a solution sooner than I can guess one up. Thank you. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
Nicolas, this might a good case for using a custom sort like: on mouseUp put fld 1 into tData sort lines of tData dateTime by toDate(word 2 of each) put tData end mouseUp function toDate pStr replace . with / in pStr return pStr end toDate Best, Mark Smith On 19 Jun 2009, at 06:23, Nicolas Cueto wrote: Still avoiding thinking too much... Given this list (a ref-number followed by a dot-separated date): bg2334 12.21.09 bg9788 1.10.02 bg6554 11.30.11 bg8902 6.6.04 bg4021 2.29.12 bg1210 1.2.02 bg3008 12.3.09 bg5526 5.29.04 what sort-command combo would re-order it ascending by the date to become: bg1210 1.2.02 bg9788 1.10.02 bg5526 5.29.04 bg8902 6.6.04 bg3008 12.3.09 bg2334 12.21.09 bg6554 11.30.11 bg4021 2.29.12 Note that the ref-number and the date are space-separated, and I'm using . instead of the english date's /. Also, the date form is month[1-12, no leading zero], day[1-31], year [00- 09, leading zero]. I'll be experimenting on my own to hit on the magic combination, but in the meantime I thought I'd post a plea since someone is very likely to reply a solution sooner than I can guess one up. Thank you. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com wrote: How about: replace . with / in tNaiyo sort lines of tNaiyo ascending dateTime by word 2 of each replace / with . in tNaiyo Tried it and, no, doesn't sort as expected. Please explain further. Using the data you provided I got exactly the same result you wanted as specified in your first post! If you got the right result for your example, but a different result with different data then could you provide examples of where the sort goes wrong so I can see how to account for the different data. On the other hand, if using the data you supplied you get a different answer to the one you supplied then there must be a bug somewhere. Why would my system correctly sort by dateTime and yours not. If this is the case then either it's a bug with Rev, and should be reported, or a 'feature' of Rev which needs to be noted; ie, on particular operating systems with particular system languages the sort by dateTime may not work. So we need to know why your sort doesn't work Thanks ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
sorting advice
Still avoiding thinking too much... Given this list (a ref-number followed by a dot-separated date): bg2334 12.21.09 bg9788 1.10.02 bg6554 11.30.11 bg8902 6.6.04 bg4021 2.29.12 bg1210 1.2.02 bg3008 12.3.09 bg5526 5.29.04 what sort-command combo would re-order it ascending by the date to become: bg1210 1.2.02 bg9788 1.10.02 bg5526 5.29.04 bg8902 6.6.04 bg3008 12.3.09 bg2334 12.21.09 bg6554 11.30.11 bg4021 2.29.12 Note that the ref-number and the date are space-separated, and I'm using . instead of the english date's /. Also, the date form is month[1-12, no leading zero], day[1-31], year [00- 09, leading zero]. I'll be experimenting on my own to hit on the magic combination, but in the meantime I thought I'd post a plea since someone is very likely to reply a solution sooner than I can guess one up. Thank you. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: sorting advice
Well, I found a solution. But maybe someone's got something more elegant. Here's mine: repeat for each line tLine in tNaiyo -- the list of data, unsorted put word 2 of tLine word 1 of tLine cr after tSwitched end repeat delete the last char of tSwitched put tSwitched into tNaiyo put the itemdel into tSavedDel set the itemdel to . sort lines of tNaiyo ascending numeric by item 2 of each sort lines of tNaiyo ascending numeric by item 1 of each sort lines of tNaiyo ascending numeric by item 3 of each put empty into tSwitched repeat for each line tLine in tNaiyo put word 2 of tLine word 1 of tLine cr after tSwitched end repeat delete the last char of tSwitched put tSwitched into tNaiyo -- the list of data, sorted by date set the itemdel to tSavedDel Cheers, Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
