Datagrids have this feature, so yes, I would expect there to be some way to specify what kind of sort you want to do. But it would have to be on a per column basis.
But if you are sorting the text yourself, you can use the syntax: sort lines of tText by item n of each. I don't think any assumptions should be made by the engine as to what kind of data each column contains. I worked with an accounting system many years ago which had numeric invoice numbers, or so it seemed. Once you created a credit memo, it prepended R to the invoice number. Bob S > On Aug 15, 2022, at 16:25 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > So it occurred to me, while playing with sorting by columns, that it might be > nice to have an additional "sortType" available. > > I'd like to be able to say > > - if all the 'things' being sorted on are numbers, then sort numeric, > otherwise sort alphabetical. > > Would that be a reasonable enhancement request ? > > Would "natural" be a reasonable suggested name ? > > Alex. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
