How to sort numbers ? [Solved]

[atout66]

Hi to all,

I try to sort numbers which are in item 2 of a line.
Here is my code:

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set the itemDelimiter to "|"     -- a line of laListePartielle  = <abaque|12456|abak|FALSE|2> for example
     sort laListePartielle ascending by item 2 of each

In fact, it doesn't sort anything

Have you an idea why ?
Thanks in advance, Jean-Paul.

[Klaus]

Bonjour Jean-Paul,

just wrong/incomplete syntax (dictionary, hint, hint)!
...
sort LINES OF laListePartielle ascending NUMERIC by item 2 of each
...
will do the trick!


Best

Klaus

[atout66]

Oups, I apologize, but as you probably noticed already, there is no such example in the dictionary...
I tried also:
sort laListePartielle ascending by numeric by item 2 of each but got an error syntax of course !

At least I hope this tread will help beginners like me if they search the forum with <sort numbers> keyword.

Merci pour ton aide Klaus

[Klaus]

From the dictionary:
...
sort lines of tData descending numeric by item 1 of each
...
But that was under -> sort container


Best

Klaus

[jacque]

Sorting by lines is the default if no chunk is specified, so the original should have worked. Something odd is going on. What version of LiveCode are you using?

[dunbarx]

The:

"by numeric" will throw an error, but the first code fragment did not contain that. That first post works fine.

Craig