Thanks a whole bunch, Phil !!! John Balgenorth
On Aug 28, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Phil Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > If pData is a CR-delimited list where each line contains tab-delimited items, > why not use 'split by column'? > > -- example: switch positions of columns 2 and 4 > > split pData by column > put pData[4] into tTemp2 > put pData[2] into pData[4] > put tTemp2 into pData[2] > > > -- then put it back together as a list: > > combine pData by column > > That should do it. > > Phil Davis > > > > On 8/28/14, 11:54 AM, JB wrote: >> Richard Gaskin wrote a function to get a column >> from a list. >> >> function GetCol pData, pCol --Richard Gaskin >> set the itemdel to tab >> put empty into tReturnList >> repeat for each line tLine in pData >> put item pCol of tLine &cr after tReturnList >> end repeat >> delete last char of tReturnList -- trailing CR >> return tReturnList >> end GetCol >> >> Does anyone know how to convert this so you can >> join the selected columns back together in any >> order you want? >> >> John Balgenorth >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > -- > Phil Davis > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
