2017-05-19 15:44 GMT+02:00 hh : > Thierry wrote: > > sort lines of T numeric by AaZz_sort( each) > > function AaZz_sort x > > get chartonum( char 1 of x) > > if IT > 96 then return ( IT - 96) * 2 + 1 > > else return ( IT - 64) * 2 > > end AaZz_sort > > > Hi Thierry, > > don't you need a second sort as 'primary' sort? >
Mmm, no ? I thought that was the question from the OP... misreading :) > > sort lines of T numeric by each & AaZz_sort( each) ? > sort lines of T > > Else the container is sorted by the first char of each line only. > Yes, you are right, so I rewrite it a bit to be more *readable*: sort lines of T numeric by AaZz_sort(char 1 of each) function AaZz_sort x get chartonum( x) if IT > 96 then return ( IT - 96) * 2 + 1 else return ( IT - 64) * 2 end AaZz_sort > But your ASCII-number-formula for uppercase/lowercase A-Za-z > ordering is really worth to go in a lib! > > Hermann > > By the way, my "solution" is the following, that handles uppercase > char before lowercase char sorting for each char of the lines. > > set the casesensitive to true -- secondary sort: > sort myContainer > set the casesensitive to false -- primary sort: > sort myContainer > > I'll try to come up with something else later... Thierry -- ------------------------------------------------ Thierry Douez - sunny-tdz.com sunnYrex - sunnYtext2speech - sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage _______________________________________________ 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
