Sorting text

LiveCode provides us with the ability to easily sort data in both ascending and descending order. In this recipe, we will sort a list of US states in ascending order.

How to do it...

Follow the steps in the recipe to sort text:

1. Create a new main stack in LiveCode.

2. Add a button to the card with the following properties:

   • Name: btnSort

   • Label: Sort

   • foregroundColor: Black

   • backgroundColor: White

   • borderWidth: 0

3. Add the following code to the btnSort button:

   on mouseUp
     local someStates
     put "Connecticut" into line 1 of someStates
     put "California" into line 2 of someStates
     put "Washington" into line 3 of someStates
     put "Florida" into line 4 of someStates
     put "Rhode Island" into line 5 of someStates
     sort lines of someStates ascending text
     answer someStates titled "Sorted" 
   end mouseUp

4. Run the app in the mobile simulator. As illustrated in the following screenshot, the states have been properly sorted in ascending order:

   

How it works...

We used the sort command to sort the lines of...