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-- background id: 3837
-- name: sortItems


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-- part name: Install
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on mouseUp
  if the optionkey is down then pass mouseup
  put installres(XFCN,sortItems) into it
  if it is empty then play oops
  else answer it
end mouseUp



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sortItems

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This  will sort  the items in a HyperCard field.  As you know an item is any number of characters separated by commas.  This XFCN will put them into ascending or descending order, and optionally put each item on a separate line.

Marvin G. Nelsen
20462 Castle Rock Cir.
Huntington Beach CA. 92646

GENIE: M.NELSEN

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Syntax:

SortItems(input, <Lines>,
<Descending>)

input:  Any HyperCard Container
Lines: "true" means put each sorted item into a separate line.
"false" means put all sorted items
into one line. (Default)
Descending:  "DE" forces the sort to be in descending order.

The function returns a sorted list.

Example:
put SortItems(input,true) into output

output may be the same container as input.
The sort is Case Insensitive.