Re: scalars lists

2003-11-30 Thread James Edward Gray II
Keep your replies on the list and you won't have to wait for me to wake up again for an answer. ;) On Nov 30, 2003, at 4:33 AM, B. Rothstein wrote: thanks for the functions, but for some reason the sort does not seem to be coming out correctly, any idea why? By default, sort() works

RE: scalars lists

2003-11-30 Thread B. Rothstein
If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names and numbers, for example $names = 'john 35, jack 18, albert 24, timmy 42'; is it possible, and if so how can it be done to separate the individual names and ages from the list in their scalar form in order to create new lists sorted by

Re: scalars lists

2003-11-30 Thread R. Joseph Newton
B. Rothstein wrote: If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names and numbers, for example $names = 'john 35, jack 18, albert 24, timmy 42'; is it possible, and if so how can it be done to separate the individual names and ages from the list in their scalar form in order to

Re: scalars lists

2003-11-30 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Nov 30, 2003, at 12:33 PM, B. Rothstein wrote: If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names and numbers, for example $names = 'john 35, jack 18, albert 24, timmy 42'; is it possible, and if so how can it be done to separate the individual names and ages from the list in their

scalars lists

2003-11-29 Thread B. Rothstein
If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names, for example $names = 'john, jack, albert, timmy; is it possible, and if so how can it be done to separate the individual names from the list in their scalar form in order to create a new list of sorted names. thanks for any suggestions.

Re: scalars lists

2003-11-29 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Nov 30, 2003, at 1:45 AM, B. Rothstein wrote: If I have a scalar variable that itslef is a list of names, for example $names = 'john, jack, albert, timmy; is it possible, and if so how can it be done to separate the individual names from the list in their scalar form in order to create a new