If you can really really count on the $ always being present, you could do: sort the lines of field "myStuff" numeric by char 2 to -1 of word 4 of each
On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:03 PM, <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote: > I have a field with a date, name, number and finally a dollar amount such as > $10 - in each line of the field. > > I can sort the lines of the field just fine on word 1 (date), word 2 (name) > and word 3 (number) > > But when I try to sort on word 4, I don't know how to get it to come out > right because the $ in front makes it a string and not a number. > > So I get something like this: > $11.00 > $120.00 > $47.00 > > When what I want is: > $11.00 > $47.00 > $120.00 > > Thanks in advance for any enlightenment! > Larry > _______________________________________________ > 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
