On 08/31/2006 Bernd Gollesch <bgollesch@...> wrote:

>> In the attached example I use List.SortFormat='Col 2,Col 3' to order
>> entries by the last 2 of 4 columns, but the entries show up in the
>> wrong order. What am I doing wrong?

> Never used, but after reading the docs:

> SortFormat .. only define the type of the sort (char (no)case or number)
> SortType .. is setting the real sorting

> so just try (I can't, no Amiga near my right now):
> List.SortFormat='Col 3 NUM'
> List.SortType='Col 2' /* primary sort column */
> List.SortType2='Col 3' /* secondary sort column */

The second line alone seems to work, and with NList also, but I'm not sure
why.

Kind regards,
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Robert A. Sisk
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