First, your function returns a single line of numbers. With 30,000 lines of input, yours takes 9 ticks, mine 8.
Bob S > On Jun 29, 2018, at 08:37 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I don't know what speed differences there might be, but another option is > something like this.. > > function ipfunc pIp > set the itemdel to "." > set the numberformat to "###" -- force length of each chunk to 3 > > -- append the numbers together sans "." with padded 0's using numberformat > repeat for each item tItem in pIp > put tItem +0 after tIp -- do the add to force the numberformat to > work > end repeat > return tIp > end ipfunc > > And then use it like so.. > sort lines of myIpList ascending numeric by ipfunc(each) > > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I somehow got on to how to sort IP addresses, seeing they are not real >> numbers, and read in the dictionary that the sort command is a "stable >> sort". This occured to me: >> >> function sortIPList pIPList >> set the itemdelimiter to "." >> sort lines of pIPList numeric by item 4 of each >> sort lines of pIPList numeric by item 3 of each >> sort lines of pIPList numeric by item 2 of each >> sort lines of pIPList numeric by item 1 of each >> return pIPList >> end sortIPList >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Bob S >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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