21602MR@MSU.BITNET (Mark Rosenberg) (08/11/89)
Is it possible to do multi-level sorting in hypercard? Say sort by field zip and then by word two of field name ? Are there xcmds/xcfns ? It seems an obvious omission, are there rumors about these type of capabilities in HC 2.0 ? Thanks, Mark Rosenberg <21602MR@MSU> Education Systems Development Michigan State University
frankf@Apple.COM (Frank Flynn) (08/11/89)
In article <15021602MR@MSU> 21602MR@MSU.BITNET (Mark Rosenberg) writes: >Is it possible to do multi-level sorting in hypercard? Say sort by field zip >and then by word two of field name ? Are there xcmds/xcfns ? It seems an Every sort in hypercard is multilevel. Unlike most databases when you sort in hypercard it stays sorted (evan after you quit). to sort like you wanted try this: on mouseup sort by word 2 of fld name sort by field zip end muoseup when it sorts by zip since the cards are in alphabetical order by last name it will keep that order within each zip code. Frank Flynn frankf@apple.com
Barry.Chern@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Barry Chern) (08/12/89)
It is very easy to do multi-level sorts with HyperCard, although they are
either somewhat confusing or somewhat slow. You can say "sort by field one
and field two" but only if the information in the two fields is totally
consistent, as in numbers with the same number of digits or words with at
least as long as is significant to the sort, as the fields will be
concatenated and then sorted.
The pure way to do it is to do one sort and then another, with the least
significant sort done first. In other words, the opposite of the order you
think it should be done in:
sort by word two of field name
sort by field zip
This should give you just what you want.
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