Oh, that's easy. The facility already exists -- No need to "add" a feature. I often have lists of names that need sorting is various ways. TABLES are the answer. It may be cumbersome to make a table from a list, but it really pays off for applications like yours. Table elements are usually separated with tabs but spaces work, as well. And it's easy to convert a table to text when that's appropriate. Play around -- you'll find a way that fits your need.
Maurice Howe On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Ross Murray <rossmurray.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope my suggestion reaches its intended target, and meets your > community's standards for submission of additional functions. > > I would like to see a REVERSE function, which returns a new string with > characters in reverse order to the target string. > > I am attempting to remove duplicates after merging many files to create a > very large list of names. Names may or may not have middle names; and/or > initials which may or may not be follows by full stops. I would like to > extract the last names and use those the primary sort key. While feasible > with existing functions, it would seem easiest to - REVERSE the full names; > FIND the first space; RIGHT to extract the last names; and REVERSE those to > their original form. > > It seems like a simple new tool that the imaginations of users could create > more effective ways to complete many different objectives. > > ... From a devoted and appreciative user, > > Ross Murray. >
