Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = The addition of arrays would alleviate a lot funky work arounds that webdna programmers have to use now. Functions would also be nice.Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote:>YES, me too.... > >On 21.11.2001 12:15 AM, Charles Kline wrote: > >>I second this!!! Or, Just give us arrays then we can sort and display >>forward and backwards :) >> >> >>On 11/20/01 6:03 PM, Brian Fries wrote: >> >>>At 10:56 AM -0800 11/20/2001, Scott Anderson wrote: >>> >>>>Yes, but we are not ready to announce an ETA as this time. >>>> >>>>The 4.5 feature set is fixed, but we are still open to suggestions for the >>>>5.0 feature set. I have been keeping track of feature suggestions made on >>>>this list, so please keep them coming! >>>> >>> >>>Here's another one that would be of great assistance - being able to >>>sort a list of words without writing it out to a temporary DB first. >>>This could be done via additional parameters to ListWords, borrowed >>>from Search -- sdir= parameter which could be AS-cending, >>>DE-scending or RA-ndom and a type= parameter which could be set to >>>TEXT, NUM, DATE or TIME. So: >>> >>>[text]wordList=fox,bear,tiger,zebra,elephant[/text] >>>[listwords words=[url][wordList][/url]&sdir=DE&delimiters=,] >>>[word]
>>>[/listwords] >>> >>>would return: >>> >>>zebra >>>tiger >>>fox >>>elephant >>>bear >>> >>> >>>- Brian >>> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (Michael Davis 2001)
  2. Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (Aaron Lynch 2001)
  3. Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (John Jakovich 2001)
  4. Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2001)
  5. Re: 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (Charles Kline 2001)
  6. 5.0 feature request: Sort for ListWords (Brian Fries 2001)
The addition of arrays would alleviate a lot funky work arounds that webdna programmers have to use now. Functions would also be nice.Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote:>YES, me too.... > >On 21.11.2001 12:15 AM, Charles Kline wrote: > >>I second this!!! Or, Just give us arrays then we can sort and display >>forward and backwards :) >> >> >>On 11/20/01 6:03 PM, Brian Fries wrote: >> >>>At 10:56 AM -0800 11/20/2001, Scott Anderson wrote: >>> >>>>Yes, but we are not ready to announce an ETA as this time. >>>> >>>>The 4.5 feature set is fixed, but we are still open to suggestions for the >>>>5.0 feature set. I have been keeping track of feature suggestions made on >>>>this list, so please keep them coming! >>>> >>> >>>Here's another one that would be of great assistance - being able to >>>sort a list of words without writing it out to a temporary DB first. >>>This could be done via additional parameters to ListWords, borrowed >>>from Search -- sdir= parameter which could be AS-cending, >>>DE-scending or RA-ndom and a type= parameter which could be set to >>>TEXT, NUM, DATE or TIME. So: >>> >>>[text]wordList=fox,bear,tiger,zebra,elephant[/text] >>>[listwords words=[url][wordList][/url]&sdir=DE&delimiters=,] >>>[word]
>>>[/listwords] >>> >>>would return: >>> >>>zebra >>>tiger >>>fox >>>elephant >>>bear >>> >>> >>>- Brian >>> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Jakovich

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