On Jan 29, 2011, at 10:43 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 1/29/11 6:12 AM, Jim Ault wrote:
Assuming all fields on a card are the target fields to sort and
combine
on sortFlds
repeat with k = 1 to the number of fields
put the rect of field k after fieldList
put comma & k after fieldList
put cr after fieldList
end repeat
sort fieldList numeric by item 2 of each -- Y
sort fieldList numeric by item 1 of each -- X
repeat for each line LNN in fieldList
put fld (item 5 of LNN) after tWholeenchilada
put cr after tWholeenchilada
end repeat
put tWholeenchilada into msg box
end sortFlds
-- in the second repeat loop you could use ...
-- put item 5 of LNN into fldNum
-- put fld fldNum after tWholeenchilada
I tried something almost identical and it didn't work, so I was
waiting to see if anyone else could come up with a solution. The
task is harder than you'd think at first.
For testing, stagger the fields a little bit so their tops and lefts
aren't aligned in any way.
My test I used did have scattered fields, but if all the X values are
different, then that becomes the sort order and the Y values have no
effect on the final order. I think the idea is to sort based on the X-
Y ratio, rather than the raw values.
Any algorithm will work and the result become the sort value, such as
get the rect of fleld k
get (item 2 of IT) div (item 1 of IT) after fieldList
put comma & k after fieldList
put cr after fieldList
It depends on the authors desired logic.
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
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