Way back from 1987, and undocumented everywhere except in the user notes in the dictionary here, is this;
Multiple stable sorts may be implemented directly by concatenating sortKeys: sort container by sortKey1 & sortKey2 & sortKey3... Sortkey order determines the sorting sequence So you can: sort lines of yourList by word 1 of each & word 3 of each Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 9, 2014 5:52 am Subject: Re: sorting Larry, can you be more explicit about how it doesn't work ? Actually, can you explain better what you want to do ? You said you want to sort by the 2nd and then the 3rd word - but gave an example that appeared to show sorting by 2nd and 1st - and not even have a 3rd word in any line. So how about a slightly less terse description, and an example showing both "before" and "after" and hopefully we can get you to where you want .... -- Alex. On 09/08/2014 09:14, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: > Sorry, that doesn't work > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Björnke von Gierke" <b...@mac.com> > To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 12:58 AM > Subject: Re: sorting > > >> sort theList by word 2 of each >> sort theList by word 1 of each >> >> sort order is retained in-between commands, that's why it works. >> >> On 09 Aug 2014, at 08:24, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: >> >>> I have a field I want to sort. >>> Each line has 4 words. >>> I want to sort by the first word (ascending) and then do a 2nd sort >>> by the 3rd word without changing the order of the first word. >>> >>> Example: >>> >>> apple box >>> apple pie >>> apple zoo >>> baby blue >>> baby rattle >>> baby zoo >>> etc. >>> >>> TIA >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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