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SortValue ( Value ; AscDes )

Sort return-separated text.

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Koji Takeuchi - Show more from this author TonicNote, Inc. https://tonicnote.com

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/* SortValue ( Value ; AscDes ) 2017.03.17, Koji Takeuchi <takeuchi@nemoux.com> description: Sort return-separated text. Not requiring any other custom functions. ex1: SortValue ( "aa¶cc¶bb¶ab" ; "asc" ) -> "aa¶ab¶bb¶cc" ex2: SortValue ( "aa¶cc¶bb¶ab" ; "des" ) -> "cc¶bb¶ab¶aa" ex3: SortValue ( "5¶10¶2¶1" ; "asc" ) -> "1¶10¶2¶5" */ Let ( [ LIST = Value ; ORDER = Lower ( AscDes ) ; OPERATOR = Case ( ORDER = "des" ; ">" ; "<" ) ; TARGET = $$variable_SortValue ; COUNTTARGET = ValueCount ( TARGET ) ; CURRENTVALUE = GetValue ( LIST ; 1 ) ; RESTVALUE = RightValues ( LIST ; ValueCount ( LIST ) - 1 ) ; CALC_POSVALUE = Case ( COUNTTARGET > 0 ; "Case ( ¶" & "\"" & Substitute ( TARGET ; ¶ ; "\" " & OPERATOR & " \"" & CURRENTVALUE & "\" ; 1 " & ¶ & " ) &¶" & "Case (" & ¶ & "\"" ) & "\" " & OPERATOR & " \"" & CURRENTVALUE & "\" ; 1 " & ¶ & " )" ) ; POSVALUE = Case ( IsEmpty ( TARGET ) ; 0 ; Length ( Evaluate ( CALC_POSVALUE ) ) ) ; SMALLER = LeftValues ( TARGET ; POSVALUE ) ; SMALLER = Case ( Right ( SMALLER ; 1 ) = ¶ ; Left ( SMALLER ; Length ( SMALLER ) - 1 ) ; SMALLER ) ; GREATER = RightValues ( TARGET ; COUNTTARGET - POSVALUE ) ; GREATER = Case ( Right ( GREATER ; 1 ) = ¶ ; Left ( GREATER ; Length ( GREATER ) - 1 ) ; GREATER ) ; RESULT = SMALLER & Case ( not IsEmpty ( SMALLER ) ; ¶ ) & CURRENTVALUE & Case ( not IsEmpty ( GREATER ) ; ¶ ) & GREATER ; $$variable_SortValue = Case ( not IsEmpty ( RESTVALUE ) ; RESULT ; "" ) ] ; Case ( not IsEmpty ( RESTVALUE ) ; SortValue ( RESTVALUE ; ORDER ) ; RESULT ) ) Click to copy

description:
Sort return-separated text.
Not requiring any other custom functions.
ex1:
SortValue ( "aa¶cc¶bb¶ab" ; "asc" )
-> "aa¶ab¶bb¶cc"
ex2:
SortValue ( "aa¶cc¶bb¶ab" ; "des" )
-> "cc¶bb¶ab¶aa"
ex3:
SortValue ( "5¶10¶2¶1" ; "asc" )
-> "1¶10¶2¶5"

 

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