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Sorry, was working from memory and goofed... I think I see now why this won't work. Merge requires a string, and tSortText isn't one. Mmm, sorry but - tSortText IS a string - the result of merge() IS a string too. - the sort command IS NOT expecting a string as a parameter Checking sort in the dict...

Thanks Thierry - but that confuses me more :) (easily done mind you...) Welcome to the club :) Or maybe i'm doing something wrong? Sure :) From my previous post, how to use it: on test_sorting_array ... put sortArray( X, "ascending", "text") into I put X[ I[ 1]] && X[ I[ 2]] &cr after fld 1 --> aaa...

Here is a variant which is slightly faster and using less memory,.... However that won't sort multidimensional arrays i don't think? you don't make use of [pKey] and the code looks fairly identical to the previous one you posted:) Ok, some misunderstanding.... :evil: I've edited my previous post, u...

Hi Stam, Here is a variant which is slightly faster and using less memory, but of course this has to be proved :) function sortArray @pArray, pDirection, pSortType, pKey local tNextIndex, tSortText, tSortedIndex get the keys of pArray put "sort lines of IT [[pDirection]] [[pSortType]] by pArray[each...

...there was an issue with using the "do" command.... ...somehow related to Apple not liking programs that have potentially self-altering code in their App Store.... I must say, that seems unlikely.... I’d be surprised if Apple did a code-level review of apps (but really have no idea). .... I do be...

The main speed problem was caused by passing a copy of the complete data variable to a function that was being called over a million times. Hi Simon, I'm on the same board as you, and I often use this little @ gremlin, but not always as, like everything, it has its pros and cons. However, in this t...

Good to know about lock screen i've used it but haven't seen a massive increase in speed but maybe i've not been doing stuff that was taxing enough to make it obvious (and haven't bothered time-logging) Well, I don't believe this will change the speed at all in this use case, plus I think using or ...

Yep, you did indeed. As always i'm ever so grateful for all your advice and contributions which i've found absolutely invaluable during my short time on this forum (especially with regex!) - didn't mean anything by my comment, just that that was needed for multidimensional array sorting. You're wel...

@Thierry - great code- was unaware of the merge() function, works a charm but you were missing the [pKey] after pArray[each] in the merge() statement. Works like a charm once added :) Mmm sure but actually I told you about this: But be careful as I did a test with only a 1 dimensional array... Glad...

This now works and is fully generalisable for array sorting - specifying a key, sort direction and sort type as parameters... but the code is now is so much longer and unpleasant. Grateful on suggestions to refactor this and get rid of the nested conditional statements Hi Stam, As you ask, here is ...

Take away messages: - NEVER use a number as a field name call it 'f1', or 'field 1' or 'spaceship1' instead of '1', or you WILL get unexpected results - You can only use 1 'else' statement , for multiple options use 'else if' - if you have a large number of alternatives, use a switch statement inst...

stam wrote: I think they fixed that ages ago (i'm running 9.6.2 RC2 and certainly don't have this problem any more).
I think you said you'r using 9.6.1 -- upgrade your version

Happy ending story.... the best

Thanks for the reply. You are right. It is not LC that hangs. It is the dialog. Cmd-c does close the dialog. That’s better. I have to actually quit LC to switch to a different project. :( But, LC seems glitchy under Big Sur. I might decide to downgrade. Well, guess it's a good candidate for a bug r...

Hi, What's been said above. Actually, I'm a bit puzzled with your multiple else statement in your if ... end if. the 2nd else should be a dead code; means we never execute this part. The 'else if ...' syntax is the way to go. I think the error you have is because of these extra else statement in lin...

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Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:54 am

Thanks a lot Thierry for showing me the correct way !
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You're welcome.

If you find anything wrong or unclear, please let us know...

Regards,

Thierry